Reverence and Protest at Mass
Very recently at St. Francis Church in Portland, Oregon, a group of parishioners thought it would be a good idea to stage a protest during Holy Mass. The…
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Does Your Parish Have a Life?
I grew up in a large parish that had an elementary school. Most of my family’s social life revolved around parish and school events – Spaghetti Dinners, Summer…
Parish Life Lessons: From Gyms and Fitness Centers
From YMCAs to PlanetFitness to the latest CrossFit outpost in your local strip mall, gyms and fitness centers are an ubiquitous part of most American communities. The rise…
Confession – A Cleansing of the Soul
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just,…
Healthy Relationships. Healthy Parish Life.
Evangelization demands from us, calls us to, and compels us toward healthy parish life. Why? Because the normative path in Christian life, after conversion, is into Christian community.…
A Parish That’s Thriving, But Irrelevant?
Would the community be impacted if your parish ceased to exist? Would there be a decline in concrete acts of love? Would fewer people experience transformed lives in…
Lessons From the Craft Fair
With autumn in the air I have already started to look forward to Advent. I know it seems a bit early but the parish I’m in has already…
St. Catherine of Siena and Prayer
Prayer has been heavily on my mind these last few weeks. It began on retreat when the question “how do you pray?” was posed and the group asked…
Don’t Let Fear Limit the Gospel
Today (Acts 14:5-18) we find Paul and Barnabas on mission in Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe. And they’ve been on quite a streak. They were in the…
Ask Me!
I had an idea for Easter. You know how folks will come to Midnight Christmas Mass and Easter Sunday Masses, but that will be it for the year.…