From the Friars
The Reformations – Summer 2023
The Reformations - A study in Church History St. Francis is offering a six-week course on “The Reformations.” You will notice that the plural was used – and its use was intentional. Although popularly known as THE Protestant Reformation, in fact there was no single,...
How are you dating God?
I am always somewhat bemused when folks ask me for dating advice. Is it that they see in me a font of wisdom, experience, and a treasure chest of great advice? …yeah…OK…that passes pretty quickly. More apropos is the naval expression: “any port in a storm.” The storm...
Perseverance and Freedom
When the Fourth of July comes around each year it is quite common to hear quotes, passages, and speeches that invoke the name of Thomas Jefferson the American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who helped draft the Declaration of...
Communion and Covid
In the course of celebrating Mass we come to the distribution of Communion – during these times of the coronavirus pandemic. At my parish many precautions are taken as part of the distribution of Holy Communion: sanitizing hands of the minister, wearing masks,...