GROW AS A DISCIPLE St. Teresa of Calcutta once wrote, “If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.” Community, when lived according to Christ’s command to love one another, fills us with joy and companionship. In the Gospel, Jesus tells the disciples that living as a…
Vestments are clothes worn for a specific purpose. Priests will joke that they cover a thousand flaws. But our own manner of dress often corresponds to what we do. We dress up for special occasions, and for special guests. We wear certain clothes for golf, for outdoor activities, and years ago, we even had our…
Hello Families, Our new school year is approaching! Class starts on Wednesday, September 23rd, register here. Peter was expecting a Messiah that would carry out a different plan than the one Jesus had explained. Jesus was indeed the Messiah, but his life and death would show a different understanding of what it means to be…
GROW AS A DISCIPLE Peter, understandably, responded to Christ’s foreshadowing of his death with shock and horror – insisting that Jesus would not suffer and die. But Christ’s words to his disciples taught them all to respond with humble obedience, trusting in the mission of God without fully understanding it. And Jeremiah in the first…
Hello from the pastor’s office. It’s hard to believe but August is almost gone. There is an English saying, “time flies when you are having fun.” And it’s true, But I would add to that and say, “TIME FLIES IF YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE WITH GOD.” If we live our lives with God, if we…
Dear Fr. Tomasz, I would like to thank you and all the wonderful people at your parish of St. Genevieve-St. Maurice for you generosity when Fr. Emeka visited your parish on the weekend of June 20/21. Fr. Emeka experienced a warm welcome from you and all your parishioners from the time we arrived and during…
The Ignatian Spiritual Exercises are prayers and meditations developed by St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus (commonly referred to as the Jesuits.) St. Ignatius of Loyola (1492-1556) was born to a noble Basque family. In his youth, he spent time at the Royal Court of Castile and fought in the…