by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | May 1, 2023 | Parish Blog, Weekly-Email
Stephen Ministry: Christ Caring for People through People Stephen Ministers are lay men and women from St Francis, trained through a 50-hour national program. We are not therapists or counselors but caring and empathetic Christians who will listen to you, not judge...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Apr 27, 2023 | From the Friars, Parish Blog, Weekly-Email
The Reformations – A study in Church History St. Francis is offering a six-week course on “The Reformations.” You will notice that the plural was used – and its use was intentional. Although popularly known as THE Protestant Reformation, in fact there was no...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Apr 25, 2023 | Friar Reflection
One afternoon in the synagogue, a rabbi was overcome with rapture and threw himself to the ground proclaiming, “Lord, I am nothing!” Not to be bested, the cantor prostrated himself and exclaimed, “Lord, I am nothing!” The temple handyman, working in the back of the...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Apr 24, 2023 | Friar Reflection
So they said to him, “What can we do to accomplish the works of God?” Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in the one he sent.” (John 6:28-29) Accomplishing the works of God – now that seems like...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Apr 4, 2023 | Friar Reflection
The gospel readings in Holy week always speak about Judas and his betrayal of Jesus. The Gospel of Mark, for example, gives no motivation for Judas’s sudden betrayal. Matthew, writing a decade or so later than Mark, attempts to clarify things in his account by...
