by Fr. Bill | Jul 25, 2010 | Pastor's Pen
In good hands… The busy stretch of summer began for me this week. It is busy good, but still busy. It started with a few days at the Kempf lake house, paying off a Dinner Dance item – a day on the water, skiing, tubing, etc. Repeat the same the next two days, except...
by Fr. Bill | Jul 18, 2010 | Pastor's Pen
Summer reading… I am reading a small little book this summer, by a man named Brennan Manning. The book is entitled: The Furious Longing of God. Like much of Manning’s writing, it is not ‘new’ stuff that he puts forth. It is simply the gospel as it is meant to be...
by Fr. Bill | Jul 18, 2010 | Sunday Homilies
There are a variety of possible answers to that gospel question. You might say love, friendship, shelter, money, employment(especially these days), meaning, purpose, direction, and the list could go on. In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus visits his dear friends...
by Fr. Bill | Jul 11, 2010 | Pastor's Pen
Did you know… It is easy to think that as a parish, we are a little island, floating on our own. And then, continuing with that line of thinking, to be angry or frustrated at the Archdiocese for leaving us here on our own. But did you know that we are decidedly not...
by Fr. Bill | Jul 4, 2010 | Sunday Homilies
A father of a teenage girl was describing his daughter in a conversation. “She is pretty normal and balanced, good sense of humor, athletic, sociable. In 99% of her life, she is a typical teenager. But when she misplaces her i-phone – she is like a woman...
