Pastor’s Pen – April 24, 2016

Voices in the rectory after hours. Lights in the parish center after dark. People armed with scissors and staplers and fabric in the school cafeteria. The ringing of the doorbell. The smell of new wax wafting up through the church air returns. And extra loads for the...

Pastor’s Pen – April 17, 2016

The Courage to Love… It is an apropos Theme for this year’s Annual Catholic Appeal. Perhaps each generation has the same response as they age – the world seems a bit colder, a little sadder, a little less like the world they grew up in. As I age and see more grey on...