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With Pentecost and the end of the Easter season, the Church enters Ordinary Time. The name comes from the Latin word for order or counting, not the modern sense of …

Enlarge The Space of Your Tent

This quote from the prophet Isaiah was the title of the Vatican assessment of the synod reports of the various continents of the earth. It named concerns about groups on …

Praying With Dynamite

     When the Holy Spirit comes we will be clothed in δυναμις, Jesus says. Dunamis is the Greek word for power. I wonder how many of us think of a prayer …

No Little Dissension

I love those words from the Acts of the Apostles because they could just as easily apply to the church in our own day as to the early church. In …

Native Americans in feathered headdress as finials at the American College in Leuven

Native Americans in feathered headdress as finials at the American College in Leuven   In looking over the pastor assignments that were announced this week I noticed something that was …

Big Changes at the Vatican

As the Synod on Synodality continues we get another change that will help us to become a church that lives by listening to all its members. The Vatican announced on …

We Need Your Help!

Are you aware that each weekend liturgy requires at least 14 ministry volunteers per mass? Between the parishes, this calculates to 70 volunteers a weekend, 280 people each month. These numbers do not even include …

Blessed Are They Who Mourn

On April 21st 1999, Greg Zanis, a carpenter from Naperville, Illinois, worked building crosses. He and his son drove through the night to set up the crosses on a hill …

Fr Lou Update

On Sunday, February 26th, the staff received news from Fr. Lou’s family that he is “Doing well, doing healthy things and very thankful for all.”  Let us continue to keep …

Building Community -Beyond the Church Walls

You may have noticed a display in the back of both churches in January showing off some of the beautiful baby bibs, burp cloths, and senior fidget quilts that our …