The Pastor's Desk

A well-formed conscience is strengthened by virtue. The Compendium of the catechism of the Catholic Church defines virtue as “a habitual and firm disposition to do the good” (#377). We are shaped by the decisions we make and when we habitually choose what is good, we grow in the likeness...Read more

The gifts which our infinitely good Father lavished upon our first parents were threefold: natural, preternatural and supernatural. The natural gifts are body and soul made in the image and likeness of God. Our body and soul form a single human being. The body which our Creator gave us was...Read more

Do you know the date of your Baptism? It was the most important day of your life! Person, relationship, unity, these are my life and how I am called to live. I need to relate to other persons in a real, loving, constructive way which will also help me grow...Read more

As a society in general we are losing our sense of decorum and civility. Sadly to say this is also true at Mass. We have a responsibility to reverse that, to remember the reason we attend church to know God, to love and serve Him. - provide instruction for children...Read more

As a society in general we are losing our sense of decorum and civility. Sadly to say this is also true at Mass. We have a responsibility to reverse that, to remember the reason we attend church, to know God, to love and serve Him. - remember you have entered...Read more

Blessed are those who are convinced of their basic dependency of God, whose lives are emptied of all that does not matter, those for whom the riches of this world aren’t just that important. The kingdom of God is theirs. Blessed are those who know that all they are is...Read more

God created the earth first, prepared it and beautified it. Then He created man, the crown and final masterpiece. From all eternity the Three Divine Persons decided, “Let us make man in our own image, in the likeness of ourselves and let them be masters of the fish of the...Read more

R.C.I.A. stands for the “Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults.” R.C.I.A.’s primary purpose is the initiation of the unbaptized adults, but it is also useful for converts who were baptized in other Christian communities and also for baptized, but uncatechised Catholics. This rite is a process for transformation. The formulation...Read more

The millennial generation is different from any previous generation. The world has changed so significantly for today’s young people that there are few “normal” patterns. Technology, computers, the media and globalization of the economy have created a brand new world, and the millennial generation will be the first to grow...Read more

FAITH – enables us to believe in God, in all that He has revealed and what the church proposes for our belief. By faith we affirm that God is truth itself and commit ourselves freely to God. HOPE – enables us to live in the present, in expectation of eternal...Read more