Honoring Fr. Mike’s memory, we offer this previous column, one of his favorites. An Actor or a Friend? This is one of my favorite stories, and I enjoy sharing it with you from time to time. A story once told… “After a large dinner at one of England’s stately mansions, a famous actor entertained the…
Companions for the Journey As we go about life and as we try to assist one another in the ways of holiness, how do we “see” each other? Do we see the other as a friend, a companion? Or do we see the other as a person that needs “fixing”? So much is in the…
What Does It Mean to Be “Pro-life”? A number of years ago the late Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, Archbishop of Chicago, coined the phrase, “The Seamless Garment”. It was a reference to the moment right after the death of Jesus on the cross when the soldiers decided to divide the garments of Jesus. They realized His…
For All That Has Been—Thank You! For All That Will Be—Yes! July 1 is my 18th 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…
St. Thomas More: A Parish for all Seasons: Our Seasons II Capital Campaign Hopefully, whether you have been an STM Parishioner for many years or have recently joined, you have experienced a sense of welcome and an environment of belonging. As Pastor, along with the STM Staff, we are committed to put into flesh these…
Ascension—Jesus Was Lifted Up, and a Cloud Took Him from Their Sight When we celebrate the Feast of the Ascension, we celebrate the absence of Jesus. He is physically gone from us. He is no longer with us as he once was. When we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost, the gift of the Holy Spirit,…
Happy Mother’s Day! As a Church we continue to celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus during these Great Fifty Days. As a nation we celebrate Mother’s Day. In our prayer and in our Eucharist this day, we give thanks to God for all the women in our lives who have imaged God and have been mother…
Hopefully this story from an unknown author will help us, in these days of the pandemic, to surrender, to relax, to trust, to know that Jesus is in the “driver’s seat” and that all will be well! Pedal! At first I saw God as my observer, my judge, keeping track of the things I did…
Living the Resurrected Life Last Sunday we began the celebration of the “Great 50 Days” of the Feast of the Resurrection. As we did so, we were mindful that we, who believe in the Resurrection of Jesus, must witness to this belief in and through the way we go about our daily lives. The priorities…
A Little Yeast Has Its Effect All through the Dough Do you not know that a little yeast has its effect all through the dough? Get rid of the old yeast to make of yourselves fresh dough, unleavened loaves, as it were; Christ our Passover has been sacrificed. Let us celebrate the feast not with…