Vocations HomilySt. Anne Parish, Chicopee St Peter’s Basilica in Rome is probably the most famous church in the world. Inside it’s 614 feet long. The ceiling of the main nave is 145 feet high, and the inside of the dome itself soars to 385 feet, built over the tomb of...
Vocations HomilyBlessed Sacrament, Greenfield In his book Rediscovering Catholicism, Matthew Kelly tells a story about an American priest who visited China. He went incognito, and no one knew he was a priest. On his second night there, he heard some noises in the...
Vocations HomilyBlessed Sacrament, Greenfield In his book Rediscovering Catholicism, Matthew Kelly tells a story about an American priest who visited China. He went incognito, and no one knew he was a priest. On his second night there, he heard some noises in the...
In an article I recently read, author Fr. Paul Scalia – son of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia – spoke about the temptation to domesticate the Gospel … to smooth out the rough edges, sanitize the language and bring it down to a one-dimensional aspect –...
When I was in college – and while thinking of priesthood – I had spent time with a few religious communities thinking that religious life would be the route God wanted me to take. I found that the superior of the house was often called the “servant.” Now, many...
When I was in college – and while thinking of priesthood – I had spent time with a few religious communities thinking that religious life would be the route God wanted me to take. I found that the superior of the house was often called the “servant.” Now, many...