HAPPY FALL! Let us all embrace the cooler temperatures, the fall colors, and a new program year at the Quads! As part of the “wrap up” of the 2020/2021 fiscal year, copies of the annual parish report are now available
Love Wins – Deacon Bill As we approached the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept 11, 2001, there was a lot of media coverage of the events of that horrific day. We were introduced to 19 and 20-year-olds
In our lifetime, we get to know hundreds of people. But how many of them really mean something to us? In the gospel reading, Jesus asks His disciples; “Who do say that I am?” The question is not meant to
Open Our Eyes and Ears In today’s Gospel, we hear about Jesus healing the blind and the deaf. I think it can be easy to assume that this message doesn’t apply to us. Most of us aren’t blind nor deaf,
Please be careful with your heart We’re invited this 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time to undergo a “diagnostic heart test” to dig in the truth of who we are and our neighbor in God’s presence. As Catholics, we can’t be
Unless You Eat My Body Today’s gospel is a challenge. Notice the response of the disciples and the people after Jesus has told them that he is the living bread. They respond that “this saying is hard: who can accept
Welcome Nicholas! The most pressing thing I feel I must share with the Quad-Parish community in my first pastoral column is my desire to build strong relationships with the Quad-Parish community as a whole. As the new Music Coordinator, I
Pastoral Potpourri Ever have one of those times, like say when you are trying to figure out how to start something, that you feel like Elijah? To put his words to the Lord in a modern parlance, “Stick a fork
The Truest Form of Gratitude Interestingly, our readings for today brought to mind several recent writings I’ve encountered. We first see the Israelites murmuring in the wilderness once more, never to be sated. Indeed, St. John Chrysostom compares their behavior
Take, Bless, Break, Share By: Sr. Jan The First Reading from the Book of Kings speaks of Elisha telling the man to give the barley loaves to the people stating: “They shall eat & there shall be some left over.”
