April 26th, 2026 – Fourth Sunday of Easter Dear Sisters & Brothers, This weekend, we begin First Holy Communion celebrations at our parishes. Father Tim, Father Silas, and I, as well as all our parishioners, extend our prayerful congratulations to the children receiving our Lord for the first time. Last…

March 29th, 2026 – Palm Sunday “God made humans because he loves stories.”(Elie Wiesel, The Gates of the Forest) Dear Friends, As we enter the time of the “greatest story ever told,” (a good Holy Week movie made in 1965!), we are invited to bring our stories to the story…

February 22nd, 2026 -First Sunday of Lent In his novel Brighton Rock, Graham Greene wrote, “You can’t conceive, my child, nor can I or anyone, the appalling strangeness of the mercy of God.” Lent is the time when the Church pauses to reflect on the reality of that mercy. And,…

January 25th, 2026 – Third Sunday in Ordinary Time In this Sunday’s Gospel, we hear Saint Matthew’s account of Jesus calling his first apostles, as Peter and Andrew, James and John leave behind their fishing boats and their families. The stories of these men and the call they received reminds…

December 28th, 2025 – The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary & Joseph New Year, New Me Friends, every new year we come up with resolutions for personal growth. We do this not simply because it is tradition, but because we are made with an innate desire for growth. It is…

November 30, 2025 – First Sunday of Advent Prepare the Manger of your Heart. Advent is the beginning of a new liturgical year. As such, it is the commencement of a new beginning, but not just, “another beginning”. It is the beginning of the “Good News”. For Christians, Advent is…

October 26, 2025 – Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Dear Friends, As we continue to prepare for the new pastor/rector at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, the Archbishop has announced that Fr. Edward Sanchez will be starting January 1, 2026. We are meeting with him weekly until then…

September 28, 2025 – Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Dear Sisters & Brothers, Conscience calls on a person to be authentic, especially to his or her deepest instincts for the good. In one’s conscience, we find interior motivation, not someone or something telling us what to do. Our conscience should…

August 24th, 2025 – Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time Dear Sisters and Brothers, I hope you are having an enjoyable Labor Day weekend. Each year, the Archdiocese of Milwaukee sponsors the Catholic Stewardship Appeal (CSA). Through the appeal, Catholics from across the ten counties of southeast Wisconsin are asked to…