Mike Watson, Author at The Catholic Community of St. Francis of Assisi

Mortgage Free in 2023

May 6, 2023

Rob Neppel, a long-time parishioner, joined the St. Francis staff as Director of Finance and Planning in August 2014. The Parish had just established a 5-year financial plan for the Church, The Franciscan School, St.…

Option for the Poor and Vulnerable

April 23, 2023

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One of the seven themes of Catholic Social Teaching, ‘Option for the Poor and Vulnerable,’ points out that a basic moral test for Catholics is how our most vulnerable members are faring. In a society…

Girl’s F.I.R.E

April 9, 2023

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A little history. The Franciscan School wanted change in the 2017/18 school year. Students in middle school would traditionally rotate through music, art, and drama classes by trimester as their electives. However, the principal at…

Love Through Advocacy

March 25, 2023

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“I left feeling proud to be Catholic, with a stronger calling to live out our Catholic Social Teaching.” That was how Sarah Velten Tappe, one of a group of St. Francis parishioners and staff who…

Imitation of Christ is the Heart of the Franciscan Message

March 12, 2023

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“ All saints point to Christ, but we focus on the saint. We aren’t supposed to live ‘Francis’ but are supposed to live Christ.” So stated Father Steve Kluge when he visited St. Francis recently…

The Women’s Ministry: Rooted and Renewed

February 26, 2023

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After returning from a three-year move to St. Matthew’s in Charlotte, Kathryn Noblitt sought to return to her parish of St. Francis and ‘belong.’ At St. Matthew’s, she described how the most populous Catholic parish…

A Meaningful Lent

February 13, 2023

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As we Catholics know, Lent is a 40-day prayer, fasting, and almsgiving season that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday. The preparation to celebrate the Lord's Resurrection at Easter, during…

Joining the Faith

January 31, 2023

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Many in the Catholic Church are ‘cradle Catholics’, meaning their families are and have been Catholic and were raised ‘from the cradle’ in the Church. As a result, they usually receive the sacraments of Baptism,…

True Advent

December 6, 2022

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From the Latin adventus meaning “coming,” Advent, often characterized as preparation for Christmas, can be overlooked in the run-up to Christmas. However, as Father Jim Sabak says, “it is not ‘preparation for Christmas’ that is…

Holy Land with Msgr Michael – November 15, 2022

November 15, 2022

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We entered through the Door of Humility where everyone must bend over to enter as an act of humility in honor of Jesus who humbled himself to come among us. Bethlehem is in the…

Mortgage Free in 2023

Option for the Poor and Vulnerable

Love Through Advocacy

Imitation of Christ is the Heart of the Franciscan Message

The Women’s Ministry: Rooted and Renewed

A Meaningful Lent

Joining the Faith

True Advent

Holy Land with Msgr Michael – November 15, 2022

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