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...
by Steve Patti | Dec 29, 2019 | Pastor's Column
A post-Christmas thank you to everyonewho helped to make our Christmas Masses go so well – to all who helped decorate the church, and to all who helped serve the nine Masses (in the span of 20 hours!). Friends of mine in the north are astounded to find out...
by Steve Patti | Dec 22, 2019 | Pastor's Column
As I write in these days leading up to Christmas, there is a sense of anticipation as the days of Advent soon give way to the appearance of a star in the night sky, to a small ragged manger in a field outside Bethlehem, to an inn too full and busy to find room...
by Steve Patti | Dec 15, 2019 | Pastor's Column
There is something beautiful about this Advent time of year, with the lighting of the Advent candles, the hopeful images from Isaiah of “on that day” which point to some future time – when, the prophet does not say – of God providing and fulfilling “on that day.” And...
by Steve Patti | Dec 8, 2019 | Pastor's Column
We arrive once again at the beginning of a new liturgical year, the season of Advent, which began last weekend and continues in the days leading up to Christmas. The season of Advent is a most beautiful time in our year, as the days get shorter, darkness comes...
by Steve Patti | Dec 1, 2019 | Pastor's Column
Welcome back to all who have been traveling for Thanksgiving and as we now enter the beautiful, dark-leading-to-light season of Advent; as we begin to look forward to Christmas with its astounding story of the God of all Creation being born among us, not as royalty or...
by Steve Patti | Nov 24, 2019 | Pastor's Column
You may have heard that my assistant, Tresa Pickup, will be leaving in early December for a new job. Tresa has been in this role for the past four years, and I want to thank her for her work during that time. It’s an interesting job for sure – answering phone...
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