by St. Ann Staff | Oct 11, 2015 | Sunday Homilies
It seems a hunter was trying to capture a type of monkey for a local zoo, but the monkey was too quick for him to get his nets thrown over him, no matter how he tried. So he went to plan B. He took a gourd, sliced it in half, hollowed it out and then put a ripe mango...
by St. Ann Staff | Oct 4, 2015 | Sunday Homilies
The ‘Twitteratti’ and internet bloggers were going crazy this week, as they tried to figure out what to make of Pope Francis meeting with Kim Davis, the county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses in Kentucky. Is he endorsing her position as part of protecting...
by St. Ann Staff | Sep 27, 2015 | Sunday Homilies
In the novel, All is quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, we follow a bit of the life of a young German soldier named Paul Baumer, fighting in World War One. In one part of the story, we find Paul huddled in a shell hole in the midst of an enemy...
by St. Ann Staff | Sep 20, 2015 | Sunday Homilies
In February of 1999, Monster.com ran a famous ad in that year’s Superbowl. Perhaps you remember it. It was a bunch of kids answering the question: What do you want to be when you grow up? The answers were a bit telling… “When I grow up, I want to…” “File papers all...
by St. Ann Staff | Sep 6, 2015 | Sunday Homilies
It is a heartbreaking image, one that you can’t ‘unsee’ once you have seen it. It is a small boy, face down on the edge of the surf, arm tucked neatly at his side, tennis shoes limp on the sand behind him — lifeless on the beach. Now we know his name and what happened...
