Tag Archives: Catholic Church

Covid Red and Covid Blue: Observations From A Local Catholic Pastor

Posted on June 23, 2020 by

Even Viruses Can Have Colors Continue reading →

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Civil Rights and Wrongs: America in the Wake of Bostock

Posted on June 17, 2020 by

The Court has once again decreed who is and is not free, but not in the manner it first appears. Continue reading →

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Our Very Authentic 2020 Easter

Posted on April 11, 2020 by

Below is my bulletin column for Easter Sunday, 2020:  A Blessed and Joyous Easter to all of you! We are of course all very accustomed to typical Easter routines and rituals that are painfully and strangely absent this year.  There … Continue reading →

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Palm Sunday: De-throning Corona

Posted on April 2, 2020 by

  Here, a few days in advance, is my parish bulletin column for Palm Sunday. Start scouting out now the best branches in your yard in preparation for our great feast.  Dear Friends at Saint Mary’s Immaculate Conception Parish and … Continue reading →

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Dead Funerals

Posted on October 30, 2019 by

We need to ask ourselves if our current rituals are empty of real meaning. Continue reading →

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Green and Christian

Posted on September 28, 2019 by

Why the Secular Green Movement Needs to Be Baptized Continue reading →

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The Signs of the Times: What is Next for the Church in the West

Posted on June 5, 2019 by

God still loves the post-Christian West. He will not abandon it. Continue reading →

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Ending Clericalism

Posted on September 16, 2018 by

Ending clericalism is a call to personal self examination from the top of the hierarchy to the bottom. Continue reading →

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Silence That Unites, Silence that Divides

Posted on September 7, 2018 by

The Pope’s silence is on trial. Silence itself is on trial. Continue reading →

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Babylon Comes Knocking: What The Church Must Do Now

Posted on September 1, 2018 by

We must be prepared to lose it all if we are ever going to move forward. Continue reading →

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