by Steve Patti | Jun 24, 2018 | Pastor's Column
One of the values that we hold as Franciscans is the idea of mission, the root meaning of which is “to be sent” (the same root from which we get the word for “mass” – to be sent out into the world as modern-day disciples of Jesus Christ). Francis of Assisi himself...
by Steve Patti | Jun 17, 2018 | Pastor's Column
An update on a few things as we enter these days of summer….you may recall we conducted a parish survey back in November and since that time, we have been taking a deeper look at our parish and addressing some of what we learned through the survey. One thing we...
by Steve Patti | Jun 10, 2018 | Pastor's Column
A few weeks ago, I mentioned here that the friars had an important chapter meeting at Siena College on Wednesday, May 30. The meeting was the occasion for a vote on whether the friars of Holy Name Province, of which the three of us here are a part, along with the...
by Steve Patti | Jun 3, 2018 | Pastor's Column
I just finished reading a very fine book called The Remarkable Ordinary: How to Stop, Look, and Listen to Life by Frederick Buechner. Buechner is a minister/writer who has a theology background and also a finely tuned sense of looking for the holy within the ordinary...
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