The Trinity: Father, Son and Spirit United in Love Shortly before we were ordained to the priesthood, the vice rector and moral theology instructor had us out on a peaceful May night where we relaxed and he gave us some advice. It was not so much as a teacher at that point as more of …
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The Church’s Birthday Gives Us One Great Gift This weekend on the Feast of Pentecost, we celebrate the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles who now begin their mission fully empowered with the Holy Spirit to help them. After receiving the power and gifts of the Holy Spirit, the apostles went out and …
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Learning to be an Ambassador of Christ One of the joys of my priesthood so far is having had the honor and privilege to serve in four parishes with a school. This has allowed me to visit classrooms, read stories to kids, have lunches with them, pitch in kickball but also see so many amazing …
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What Goes into a Parish Budget? When you drive by Saint Joseph’s, or come into the church or school, one of the things that strikes you is the beauty of the campus. Situated atop a hill on over 20 acres, the building is well maintained, and you are struck by how clean the campus is …
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Yes, “We Are Saint Joe’s” As I come up on four years as pastor of Saint Joseph’s, I’ll never forget the first day that I visited the parish. After my iPhone took me to the former site on Robert Trail and I found the new location, I parked and was greeted by some of the …
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Mothers, Fathers Primary Vocation: Helping us Hear the Voice of the Shepherd Over the years a question I’ve been asked a time or two is “when did you decide you wanted to become a priest?” For some there may be a specific moment in time where they remember the moment they found their vocation. But …
Faith’s Journey: An Encounter and a Response This weekend will be a memorable one for a number of our parishioners. At our 5, 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Masses we’ll be celebrating First Communions. And 10 a.m. on Saturday at the Basilica, we had the confirmation Mass celebrated. On the one hand these are great milestones …
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Welcoming Fr. Gary Wisemann Each year, several missionary speakers will visit Saint Joseph’s to talk about their work in areas of the world that have particular need. Thinking outside of our own parish is certainly nothing new to our parish; as we have a garden that provides food for the needy, an annual mission trip …
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Transformation Doesn’t End with Lent Six and a half weeks ago on Ash Wednesday, we heard the words “Repent and Believe in the Gospel” as the ashes were placed on our foreheads. What those words invited us to do was to take a look at our lives and ask ourselves some hard questions such as …
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Holy Week is A Time to Grow in Our Faith Recently Apple updated their iPhone software so now my iPhone will tell me how much time I spend each week on social media or playing games on the phone. Admittedly I don’t pay too much attention to the numbers. But I am on my phone …
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