December 14th Essay: Rejoice! Really?
Dec 8, 2025
Today is Gaudete Sunday. Gaudete is the Latin for “rejoice.” It is from the opening antiphon of today’s liturgy. “Rejoice in the Lord always …rejoice. The Lord is near.”…
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A Strategic Plan for the Future
Much has been written—and more will be—on the historic challenges and loss that the pandemic has wrought on our…
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December 7, 2025 Essay: Becoming Catholic. The Response Evolves…
Dec 1, 2025
[On December 7th at the 11 AM Solemn Mass, 30+ women and men will participate in the Rite of Welcome, the first Rite leading up to their baptism and/or…
Read MoreNovember 30, 2025 Essay: All Misfits Welcome
Nov 24, 2025
In 2018, at the first retreat held by the LGBT Catholics & Friends ministry, Ellen Stilwell and I independently came up with the same idea of having a Mass…
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