Pastor’s Column

Aloha! Many people associate the word “Aloha” with hello and/or goodbye. “Aloha” means much more! “Aloha” is an essence of being love, peace, compassion, and a mutual understanding of respect. “Aloha” means living in harmony with the people and land around you with mercy, sympathy, grace, and kindness. It is in this grand spirit of…

Excuses The newly graduated Police Cadet, speaking on behalf of his fellow classmates at graduation ceremonies, began his speech: “Today, crime has come to an end!” I recognize the hubris in those words and the zeal from which they were born. At the time of my ordination, the attitude I conveyed was: “Today, sin has…

Will You Join Me on a Five Month Journey / Retreat? I invite you to join me on a journey to greater knowledge and a deeper understanding of the issues of our day. Will you commit yourself to a “Five Month Retreat?” Will you accept a challenge to read, reflect, and pray over a variety…

Geographic Solutions The secret of the world lies wherever we can discern the transparency of the universe. —Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Letters from a Traveller Do you ever seek a geographic solution to your problems or difficulties? I know that I do! If there are some really intense frustrations or tensions in my ministry, in…

July 5, 2020 – Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time The Paschal Candle My fellow Parishioners, The very tall, singular candle that is present in a Church is called the Paschal Candle. The Paschal Candle is blessed at the Easter Vigil, and is lit at all Masses throughout the Great Fifty Days of the Easter Season.…

For All That Has Been—Thank you!  For All That Will Be—Yes! July 1 is my 17th anniversary as the Pastor of our Faith Community. I share with you, once again, my first Pastor’s Column dated July 6, 2003. It is my desire each year to give you my first Pastor’s Column in which I shared…

Quotable Quotes about Fathers This weekend we celebrate the National Holiday of Father’s Day. In honor of this day, I share with you a variety of quotes about Fathers. Some are serious and sincere, some are in jest, and some are painfully true. All are meant to call attention to Fatherhood, its importance, and to…

The Vineyard The vineyard is a popular Christian symbol. It appears a number of times in the New Testament. Very simply, the earth is the vineyard. We are workers in that vineyard. There were workers before us. There will be workers after us. While we are in the vineyard, we are called to tend it…

The Most Holy Trinity Today is the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity. The Trinity is a dogma of the Church. A dogma is a truth appertaining to faith or morals; revealed by God, transmitted from the Apostles in the Scriptures or by tradition and proposed by the Church for the acceptance of the faithful.…

The Gift of the Holy Spirit “When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted…