How am I supposed to reflect on 5 years worth of people’s stories? It’s just too much. It’s been a remarkable experience, and I’ve acquired a skill set that no school could teach. If you’ve…
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On Control | With Suzie Norfleet Nobody wakes up in the morning and says, “Well, I’ve got options today. I think I’ll get terminal cancer.” That’s not something we want. We never want people we…
On Prayer & Love A REFLECTION BY RICH BYRNE My prayer life became more active when I was introduced to contemplative or quiet prayer. I learned in new ways to pay attention to God’s Loving…
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Don't Stop Believin' (or Running the 5Ks) I remember coming home after school as a child, and, once or twice per year, my mom would have 25+ remittance envelopes laid out on the floor. They…
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Touching the Wounds | Fernando Castillo Remember when we were kids and the Catholic Church taught us that ‘in giving we receive’? Who bought that nonsense? Just look around. Didn’t you see all those happy…
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The Thursday Morning Friends Group Father had given a homily and when we spoke about the number of single people in our Parish alone - 577 - we asked what we were doing for them.…
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10 Questions with Deacon Rich Klish Both clergy and married, a servant of the Church with a career in IT, the Deaconate is a mixed bag of roles and responsibilities. And yet every deacon’s path…
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Every Child's Wish | Father's Day Prayer isn’t a verse of words you repeat. It is how you live your life… Neither is communication a conversation between two people. You communicate by the actions you…
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The Gifts We've Been Given Through Pentecost After Easter Sunday, Christmas is the second-greatest feast in the Christian liturgical calendar, but Pentecost Sunday is not far behind. Coming 50 days after Easter and ten days…
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The Piano Story Every Parishioner Should Hear The piano was made and sold to a dealer in Cincinnati, OH in 1936. That dealer sold the piano to a woman named Gladys Gollahon in 1938. Gladys…
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Be One of Our Helping Hands Helping Hands, a program developed by Catholic Relief Services and Stop Hunger Now, is a high-energy, hands-on way for Catholics in the U.S. to tackle hunger around the world.…
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Dedicated to Mary, Because it's Hard to Argue with Miracles The Rosary was developed in the Middle Ages to fight a heresy about Jesus, Some were teaching that Jesus was not God from the moment…
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The Math of Service You’ve seen Karen before, even if you couldn’t put the name with the face. If you do know her, then you sort of know ‘the deal’ with Karen. She’s into everything.…
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Father Bob Interviews Michael Polsinelli Although frequently overshadowed by Good Friday and Easter, Palm Sunday is an important part of Jesus’ ministry on its own. Palm Sunday commemorates the triumphal entrance of Christ into Jerusalem…
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A Personal Account of the Holy Land Presented by our parishioners Mark Bir, Mike Navarro & Pat Nacol Tuesday, April 15th, in the Community Room at Blessed Pope John XXIII. Two sessions: 9AM and 6PM…
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Cardinal: maintain, yet reinterpret doctrine VATICAN CITY - In its approach to divorced and civilly remarried Catholics, the Catholic Church needs to find a middle ground that does not destroy or abandon doctrine, but offers…
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What Matters on the Mountain is all that Matters At the request of Father Bob, I’m going to recount the events of a mission trip I went on. I don’t like to share too many…
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Always dynamic, eccentric, Our New Music Man Some of the 20th century’s greatest eccentrics were musicians. That is no surprise, given the link which psychologists long ago suggested exists between creative thinking and “abnormal” behavior,…
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Three Wise Men Who you are is God’s gift and who you become is your gift to God. Those who become their best, as God intended, rely on the power of the Holy Spirit working…
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A Path Much Less Traveled Our plans or God’s plans? How much do we all want to control life? We all have the need to feel in control to some degree, and the tendency is…
A Heart that's Found a Home | Valentine's Edition This would not be the first time Father Bob and I had the privilege of interviewing someone whose grains of sand could potentially be counted. It’s…
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Marriage: A New Look at the Vocation A Peek Into the Future Good golly (Miss Molly), what will the future hold for the Church? With the installation of our new, beloved Pope, we can already…
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Journey of the Suttons I think, as kids, we have ideas about the plotline our lives are supposed to follow. We go to school for a while. We find jobs or start companies. We fall…
One Happy Camper What does God want from us? At a very basic level, He wants us to obey Him. He is the source of objective truth, and in proclaiming His word, necessarily wants us…
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Trafficking in Hope Fast, I got to find out the secrets of controlling women. I really want to control the whole (woman). I want to be the boss of her life, even her thoughts. I…
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