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Everything Everywhere All at Once

Everything Everywhere All at Once

One of last year’s celebrated movies was “Everything Everywhere All at Once” – a tale of a  middle-aged Chinese immigrant who is swept up into an insane adventure in which she alone can save existence by exploring other universes and connecting with the lives...
Taking the Plunge

Taking the Plunge

I can remember coming home from 3+ years of mission in Kenya, friends were driving me home, and as we wound through trees, I could see the porch light on at my home in the foothills of the Blue Ridge. Even from afar, it shone like a welcoming beacon. It was the sign I...
The Lamb of God

The Lamb of God

“Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.” We hear the same expression at every Mass, but do we hear the words in the same way as John the Baptist would have understood them? For us, the image of a lamb conjures up thoughts of innocence, cuddly and...
Farewell Message from Our Pastor

Farewell Message from Our 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...
Feast of St. Bonaventure

Feast of St. Bonaventure

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...