Just like Frasier Crane on the 90’s TV show, Pope Francis, along with the whole church, is listening. Listening to one another’s experiences. Listening for the call of the Holy …
Monday was weird. It began as most days have since Archbishop Kurtz turned 75 and had to submit his resignation: checking the daily press bulletin from the Vatican for “rinunce …
I remember back in first grade when the teacher told us that it was the Feast of St Blaise and that father was coming to our class to bless our …
Last weekend, while people inside the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception joined in a prayer vigil for life, the group Catholics for Choice projected pro-choice slogans on the church tower. …
I recently let Archbishop Kurtz know that both of our parishes will be participating in the first phase of the worldwide Synod called by Pope Francis. I know our parish …
“Through the power of your Spirit of love include us now and for ever among the members of your Son, whose body and blood we share.” It’s a line from …
Way back in that other world that was February of 2020, I remember doing a couple of presentations on the history of the Church. And then … Now that …
It’s a question I seem to get a lot, starting December 26th. My usual response is that I am having a very nice Christmas. In fact I am writing this …
Years and years ago I went on a pre-Christmas shopping trip with my parents to Kenwood Towne Center, the mammoth mall in Cincinnati. As we made our way slowly through …
This Sunday we will have the blessing of the bambinelli at all our masses. Bambinelli is the Italian word for babies, and it originated years ago when St John Paul …