November - 2021

Sermon: The Death Chosen for You (Passion Sunday, March 26th, 2023)

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, March 26th

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, March 19th

Drawn to Repentance and Conversion -- Sermon for III Sunday in Lent

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, March 12th

Original sin, boredom, and the empire of empty desire (Sermon for the First Sunday of Lent, 2023)

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, February 26th

Loving Our Enemies (Sermon for Sunday, February 19, 2023)

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, Februrary 19th

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, February 12th

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Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, November 28

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Happy Thanksgiving weekend! I hope that everyone has enjoyed the holiday and the opportunity to spend time with your family. It was great to see so many of you at Mass on Thanksgiving, starting this beautiful day by giving thanks to the Lord. Today we begin the holy season of Advent. It’s not even December but it is here nonetheless! While we are all so busy preparing for the holidays, and already many celebrations already begin to occur t

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, November 21

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Today we celebrate the Solemnity of Christ the King. This is the most recently establish major feast that we celebrate each year, having been created by Pope Pius XI in 1925 to emphasize the social kingship of Christ. The past couple of Sundays we have focused on what each of us loves and what our own loves and desires reveal about us. Thinking about the social kingship of Christ today, we should pause and reflect on what our society loves

Sermon: What is Your Temple?

“Amen, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place.” Was Jesus wrong? Or did we just miss it? How can we explain that He prophesied the end of the world within one generation (40 years for the Jewish reckoning), and yet, almost two thousand years later, we are still here? Not long after the rise of Protestantism, it became common to think that the Lord’s prophecy had in fact not been fulfilled. A group of German Lutheran theologian

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, Nov. 14

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, We are getting close to the end of the liturgical year! This is our last “green Sunday,” and next Sunday will be the Solemnity of Christ the King. Advent will already begin on the Sunday following Thanksgiving! Preparations are underway for our Advent and Christmas observances. The celebrations for Our Lady of Guadalupe will be a bit different this year since December 12th falls on a Sunday. Of course, this is a very important celebration

Bishop's Policy on Screens

Check out the new policy from the Diocese of Fort Wayne - South Bend on the use of screens in Mass:

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, Nov. 7

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Last week I mentioned the possibility of obtaining a plenary indulgence for a member of the faithful departed by visiting a church or cemetery Nov. 1-8. I later read that the Vatican has extended this possibility all the way through the month of November, which is dedicated to the Poor Souls. I hope you will take advantage of these opportunities! Helping someone on their journey to Heaven will win you a well-placed new friend! And teaching