February 10, 2019 – Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time “I shall pass this way but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not…

January 27, 2019 – Third Sunday in Ordinary Time “People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway….

December 30, 2018 – The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary & Joseph Dear Friends, As 2018 comes to a close and we begin 2019, I want to wish everyone a very happy and blessed New Year! We entrust everything of this last year – all of its joys and sorrows…

November 25, 2018 – Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe “Jesus is coming…Look busy!” Dear Friends, So goes a refrigerator magnet a friend bought me, and that I laugh at every morning! This feast of Christ the King does indeed remind us that at some point Christ is…

October 28, 2018 – Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time “Master, I want to see.” Dear Friends, Thus the blind man in the Gospel of Mark this weekend seeks out and persistently asks Jesus to change his life. Lately I have felt so blinded by the things occurring in the Church,…

  September 30, 2018 – Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time A Letter from Archbishop Listecki: Dear Parishioners, In June of 2015, I made a very big request of one of our parish priests. I asked Father Tim Kitzke, in addition to all his parish and pastoral responsibilities, to take on…

August 26th, 2018 – Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time “Simon Peter answered Jesus, “Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and are convinced that you are the Holy One of God.” (Gospel of John, ch. 6) Friends, In the…

July 29th, 2018 – Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time “Brothers and sisters: I, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another through love, striving to preserve the unity…

June 24th, 2018 – The Nativity of St. John the Baptist Dear Friends, In his farewell homily, Fr. Mike quoted what is attributed to Archbishop Romero, but was in a homily quoted by Cardinal Dearden and written by Bishop Untener. It is so appropriate for this Feast of St. John…

May 27, 2018 – The Most Holy Trinity “When they all saw Jesus, they worshiped, but they doubted.” (The Gospel of St. Matthew, ch. 28) Dear Friends, On This Trinity Sunday, I find myself drawn to always try to “explain” the dogma of a God who is One God and…