by Steve Patti | Jan 26, 2020 | Pastor's Column
Last weekend in my homily, I quoted from a book by Ronald Rolheiser called The Passion and the Cross, and in particular a section of the book in which he addresses what we mean when we speak of Jesus as “taking away the sin of the world.” Recall last Sunday’s...
by Steve Patti | Jan 19, 2020 | Pastor's Column
We are now back in the season of Ordinary Time; the season of Christmas ended last Sunday, our magnificent tree came down, Fr. Jim’s 60+ nativity sets were packed away, and the brightness and wonder and magi and stars in the night sky give way to other stories,...
by Steve Patti | Jan 12, 2020 | Pastor's Column
On Friday morning I was in my office, with my cell phone in hand, waiting for, or not waiting for, a phone call from our provincial office in New York. We friars are part of Holy Name Province, and for the past few years, as our numbers have declined, our province has...
by Steve Patti | Jan 5, 2020 | Pastor's Column
I write these words two days before Christmas, and we have volunteers in the church who are preparing for Christmas Eve – taking away the Advent wreath and banners and getting ready for this day in which we celebrate the birth of the Christ child, born poor and born...
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