Religious Education - Children
Catechist BlogWhat God Gives
In Judaism there was a double tendency. There was a tendency to expand the law into hundreds and thousands of rules and regulations. But there was also the tendency to gather up the law in one sentence, one general statement which would be a compendium of the whole...
“I’m with You. Let’s go!”
On some youth retreats, a football and hula hoop are used to demonstrate our journey of faith. The purpose of our life is similar to throwing a football through the hula hoop. If we face the hula hoop and give our best shot, we can make the throw and get the...
What we teach
“...whoever obeys and teaches these commandments will be called greatest in the Kingdom of heaven.” (Mt 5:19) About twenty years ago now, the US Supreme Court directed Judge Roy Moore, the Chief Justice of the Alabama State Supreme Court, to remove a Ten Commandments...
St. Francis House – did you know?
“The generous man is blessed. For he gives of his bread to the poor.”- Proverbs 22:9 St. Francis House is an outreach ministry of the parish located in a townhouse in the Williamstown neighborhood that was established in 1992 to serve the many needs of the low-income,...
Forgiveness
Peter’s question in today’s Gospel is a question all of us have asked: “How often must I forgive?” Forgiveness is difficult, sometimes it might even seem to be impossible. There are people who might not deserve our forgiveness because they have hurt us deeply. ...
Parish Cleanup Day
The first Clean Up Day of 2021 was a huge success! Over 35+ bags of litter were removed from around the parish. Please join the Care for Creation Ministry on Saturday, March 27th from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 for our second Adopt-a-Spot Clean Up Day of the year. Please meet...
Fraternity vs Fratricide
“It’s mine you can’t have it!” I am sure that we have heard these words at times from a petulant child or perhaps we have even heard ourselves speaking these words. Certainly, Christians have spoken these words although in a more refined or theological langue:...
Cast Away
The prophet Micah preached to Jerusalem, but he was not from the city. He was an outsider from the farming village of Moresheth in the Judean foothills. You can imagine how the people, priests, and temple prophets received his prophecies of death, doom, pestilence and...
In Good Company
God can make good things happen even from evil. Our First Reading relates how Joseph’s brothers plotted against him. The Responsorial Psalm describes how God used the events in Joseph’s life for the people of Israel. And, in the Gospel, Jesus relates a parable which...
What Are We Missing?
Martin Rios is a TSA officer at Portland International Airport – the Portland that is in Oregon. He was called to the checkpoint to translate for a Spanish-speaking family who was lost and confused. He learned that they had been stuck overnight in the airport. The...