For anyone who has lost a child 

For anyone who has lost a child 

by Jennie Murphy | Nov 1, 2024 | Blog Articles

For anyone who has lost a child  The suffering of losing a child – to violence, to hunger, to random genetic mutations that science explains simply as bad luck – can be overwhelming. As parents whose child has died or is dying, we can relate deeply to Jesus’...
The Cry of the Earth

The Cry of the Earth

by Ryan Grusenski | Sep 4, 2024 | Blog Articles, News

The Cry of the Earth We pray that each one of us will hear and take to heart the cry of the earth and of victims of natural disasters and climactic change, and that all will undertake to personally care for the world we live in. Hear it and take it to heart. Four...
For Political Leaders – Reflection

For Political Leaders – Reflection

by Jennie Murphy | Aug 1, 2024 | Blog Articles

“Put not your trust in princes” could be the political motto of Christians. Indeed, the central events of our faith surround the execution of God the Son by the very empire that lent its name to the “peace” of the time: the Pax Romana.  And yet we find ourselves...
For the Pastoral Care of the Sick

For the Pastoral Care of the Sick

by Fr. Edward Looney | Jul 3, 2024 | Blog Articles

I am a priest and a pastor of a parish. One of the things that means is that I anoint a lot of people. Parishioners who are having surgery might ask me to anoint them after a Sunday Mass. A person recently diagnosed with cancer, asks to be anointed. Family members...