The Pastor's Desk
The theme for World Mission Sunday 2018 is “With Youth we proclaim the Gospel to all.” Pope Francis writes, “The Synod to be held in Rome in October offers an opportunity to understand more fully, in the light of faith, what the Lord Jesus wants to say to young people...Read more
If I am to walk in the footsteps of Jesus, if I am to live out my baptismal calling, I must continually change for the better. I must grow, I must daily change my mind and heart and believe the Good News. (Mk.11:15) I must continually seek to change my...Read more
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