When I was a kid, I dreaded Palm Sunday Mass. It wasn’t because the Mass was a little longer than usual, nor was it because I am allergic to palms – I’m not. No, it was because I knew that the whole congregation would join in the reading of the...

As we journey through Lent, let us reflect on its penitential practices. Penance is not an end in itself, but rather a help to recognizing the difference between “things of this passing world” and those “that eternally endure” (Preface II of Lent); a help to “raising up our minds,” so...

Reflection 3-6-2016 You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times. (Matt. 16:3) Now snow, now sun, now cold, now warmth; the changes come rapidly and are accepted as part of life because that’s what weather does. Our lives change...

A children’s bereavement support group will meet March 5, 12, 19 and 26 from 10 to Noon in St. Julie Hall at St. Joseph Church. Call 893-6061 to register and for questions. For years we thought children did not grieve. That has been proven to be untrue and children at...

Wednesday, February 10th is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Lenten Season. This is the earliest date for the celebration of Ash Wednesday and Lent which are dependent on the date of the Feast of Easter which is a moveable feast as Our Lord rose from the dead on the...

This weekend marks the end of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Church Unity Octave, the original name, became an observance in the church in 1916 with Pope Pius X giving his blessing. It’s a great observance because it invites us to look at how Christ UNITES us. I...