by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Feb 19, 2022 | 40 Hour Devotion, Weekly-Email
St. Francis of Assisi parish will hold a 40 Hour Eucharistic Devotion beginning with morning Mass on March 14th and closing with a solemn Benediction on Thursday early evening, March 17th. The Forty Hours Devotion can be celebrated either in 40 continuous hours, or...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Feb 19, 2022 | Synod, Weekly-Email
In the previous article, we discussed the “nones” – those people who believe but have left organized religion. We asked: “Have the “nones” consciously rejected religion, or have religious institutions failed to involve them and respond to their needs? Do they...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Feb 19, 2022 | Synod, Weekly-Email
Last week we announced that we are holding listening sessions as part of Pope Francis’ call to be a listening community of faith. It is part of “journeying together” the very meaning of the word “synod.” This Synod is a unique gift for our local Church. It is a gift...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Feb 18, 2022 | Friar Reflection
If you grew up in the South in the 1950s and 1960s and were Catholic, you were someone who needed to be saved, at least in the estimation of your Reformed, Protestant and Evangelical brothers and sisters. Anytime was the right time to ask “Have you accepted Jesus...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Feb 15, 2022 | Friar Reflection
The first reading all week is from the Letter of James. Today’s “installment” is just one of many insights the letter carries about the human condition: “Blessed is he who perseveres in temptation” (James 1:12). Temptation: no one wants it, no one can avoid it, and it...
