by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jul 16, 2023 | From the Pastor
Dear Parishioners, The time has come to say farewell. This is my last weekend at the parish. I leave for St. Bonaventure University next weekend and will begin my ministry on campus. I have already been involved in Zoom meetings with the President of the University...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jul 14, 2023 | Franciscan
Tomorrow is the Feast of St. Bonaventure (July 15). In many ways St. Bonaventure is a Saint for the times in which we live – when divisions are ripe and the unity of a nation is being sorely tested. In the years while St. Francis was alive, the Franciscan Order...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jul 12, 2023 | Friar Reflection
In the sequence of first readings for weekday Masses, we have just made a huge leap from Jacob (Gen 28) to the end of the story of Joseph and his brothers (Gen 41). A quick synopsis of the story would include: his brothers, all older, were jealous of Joseph and...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jul 10, 2023 | Friar Reflection
In the first reading, Jacob, having fled from his brother Esau’s wrath, finds himself at a shrine, where he rests for the night, using a stone for a pillow. It is here that a divine revelation comes to Jacob in a dream. Jacob sees a stairway going from earth to the...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jul 9, 2023 | From the Pastor
The expression the “dog days” gives rise to the humid, hot days of summer when we are all just looking for a cool, shaded spot to wait out the sweltering day. I assumed that our canine friends got singled out and tagged with the expression. Turns out it was something...
