Pastor’s Pen – November 25, 2012

Words of thanks… During this week which reminds us of the many things we are grateful for, I would like to pass on to you some recent words of thanks addressed to our St. Ann Parish. The first was a note from Sr. Olga, RGGS, and the women from Maria Droste home: The...

“How much time do you have?”

(Pull out a 3×5 index card – and start ‘reading’ the answer.) “This TV game show is known by this signature theme song during the final round.” <<play audio>> If you answered:”What is Jeopardy?”, you would be...

Pastor’s Pen – November 18, 2012

Of many things… By now, you have all received this year’s Visitation Drive appeal. As you may have noticed, my ‘ask’ is for twice the usual amount – to help defray the cost of the new boiler. Because of your wonderful stewardship to the weekly collection, the Dinner...

Pastor’s Pen – November 11, 2012

Now the work begins… It is Sunday afternoon as I write this. I leave after the Newman Center’s mass for my retreat, so I don’t know as of this writing who has won the presidential elections. Like many, I will not miss all the negative ads and campaign...