by Msgr. Michael Clay | Nov 29, 2020 | Pastor's Column
A number of commentators on the significance of Thanksgiving in 2020 have noted the importance of daily gratitude as an antidote to this most difficult year. In the midst of so much hardship, isolation, illness, suffering, and death, the truth of the Lord’s victory...
by Msgr. Michael Clay | Nov 22, 2020 | Pastor's Column
I wish to express my thanks to those who sent cards and emails of congratulations in honor of my 40th ordination anniversary last Sunday. I also wish to express my thanks for those who sent cards and emails of condolence over the death of my sister-in...
by Msgr. Michael Clay | Nov 15, 2020 | Pastor's Column
The pandemic became very real to me on Monday, November 9, when my sister-in-law, Wendi Clay, died from complications of the COVID-19 virus. She was 61. She was spending some extended time in the NC mountains where my recently deceased brother and she...
by Msgr. Michael Clay | Nov 8, 2020 | Pastor's Column
With our focus last week on our beloved dead and the political drama enveloping our nation, National Vocations Awareness Week, November 1-7, slipped off our radar. This week is set aside by the U.S. Catholic Church to focus on the important vocations...
by Msgr. Michael Clay | Nov 1, 2020 | Pastor's Column
This week several events of importance are taking place in our lives as Catholics and citizens. All Saints Day (11/1) and All Souls Day (11/2) start our week. On Sunday we focus on the lives of the millions of uncanonized men, women, and children who embraced their...
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