Pastor's Columns 2013

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Date
Title of Column
December 29, 2013 Give Your Agenda to God
December 22, 2013 Come Home for Christmas!
December 15, 2013 The Holiday Season
December 8, 2013 Parish Advent Communal Penance Service:
The Sacrament of Reconciliation--God's Unconditional Love for Us!
December 1, 2013 Advent Awakening
November 24, 2013 In the Season of Thanksgiving--A Lifetime of Gratitude
November 17, 2013 National Organ Donor Sabbath: November 15-17, 2013
November 10, 2013 Remembering Those Who Have Gone Before Us in Death
November 3, 2013 “Truly This Is a New People, and There Is Something Divine in Them”
October 27, 2013 What Ways of Thinking Do We Bring to Our Political Discussions?
October 20, 2013 Timothy McVeigh and the Hound of Heaven
October 13, 2013 Where Are the Other Nine?
October 6, 2013 Open Your Hearts to Life--Respect Life Sunday
September 29, 2013 Birthday Musings
September 22, 2013 Abortion Changes You!
September 15, 2013 Fr. Karl Bauer
September 8, 2013 Pope Francis Summons the Church to Prayer and Fasting for Peace
September 1, 2013 We Are Workers
August 25, 2013 Wasted Pain
August 18, 2013 The Culture of Encounter
August 11, 2013 The Obvious
August 4, 2013 Pope Francis Quotes--Enjoy!
July 28, 2013 Ministerial Leadership in the Church--Lay Ministry
July 21, 2013 Ministerial Leadership in the Church--The Role of the Pastor
July 14, 2013 Come Away by Yourselves to a Deserted Place and Rest Awhile
July 7, 2013 For All That Has Been--Thank You! For All That Will Be--Yes!
June 30, 2013 Our New Crucifix
June 23, 2013 The Feast of St. Thomas More
June 16, 2013 Quotable Quotes About Fathers
June 9, 2013 What Is a Homily?
June 2, 2013 As We Approach the Altar...
May 26, 2013 Go Up the River and Beyond the Bend
May 19, 2013 The Gift of the Holy Spirit
May 12, 2013 Happy Mothers' Day!
May 5, 2013 "Yes, Virginia, There Is Construction!"
April 28, 2013 Love Deeply
April 21, 2013 Towers of Faith--Be a Part of the Legacy!
April 14, 2013 My Name Is Issa
April 7, 2013 Living the Resurrected Life
March 31, 2013 Preach Always--Use Words Only When Necessary
March 24, 2013 The Easter Triduum--March 28-31--Will These Be Our "High Holy Days" or
Will It Be "Business as Usual"?
March 17, 2013 Works of Mercy
March 10, 2013 Faith--A Gift to Be Nurtured
March 3, 2013

Parish Lenten Communal Reconciliation Service:
The Sacrament of Reconciliation--God's Unconditional Love for Us

February 24, 2013 Who and What Rules My Life?
February 17, 2013 The Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI
February 10, 2013 The Annual Catholic Appeal (ACA)--Time to "Pay It Forward"
February 3, 2013 "More Guns" Is Not the Answer
January 27, 2013 Christian Stewardship--Continuing the Mission and Ministry of Jesus
January 20, 2013 Christian Stewardship--Sustaining the Mission and Ministry of Jesus
January 13, 2013 Christian Stewardship Month--St. Thomas More Parish
January 6, 2013 Gifts of the Magi

 

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