In 2023, the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops will focus on “Synodality” - a way to think of the ordering of the...

We are inundated with words every day by traditional and social media. Ideas and opinions challenge us to find the truth, discerning what...

That sentence was the cover message of a card I received 28 years ago from a second-grader when I was leaving St. Vincent de Paul parish...

The cooler temperatures and the waning sunlight signal it is time for fall cleaning going. For me, this is the sadness of putting the...

In today’s Gospel, when Jesus says, “Whoever wishes to save their life will lose it,” he invites us to “go all in” and bet everything we...

From safari…….. After several years of watching his wife cut off the end of the ham before baking it, he finally asked her why. She...

Four years ago, the cluster of parishes I served in St. Cloud celebrated a cluster mission around the theme, “The Gift That Is Our...

From Safari…….. This weekend the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary replaces the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Solemnity was...

Who taught you to pray? Very often it is a parent who first introduces this marvelous truth to us: that we can freely talk directly with...

“But the most remarkable development of all is to be seen in humanity’s stupendous progress in the domination and rational organization...

From Safari…… One of my first jobs outside the home was at the Sauk Rapids Perkins (now closed). It was open 24 hours. Being part time, I...

“This is my commandment: love one another as I love you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You...

From Safari…… Happy Fourth of July! Picnics, festivals, family gatherings, athletic events, fireworks will be among the many activities...

In the Beatitudes Jesus taught the crowds gathered on the hillside, He presents the way to happiness in the Kingdom of God. You can find...

For most of us, our fathers are or have been examples of God’s unconditional love in our lives. Our fathers are our best cheerleaders,...

You each have childhood memories of apparently small, insignificant moments that, for whatever reason, remain vivid even decades later....

From both the Swahili and Arabic languages, safari is to be on a journey. From the moment we are conceived in this world we are on a...

This weekend is marked by two observances – one rooted in our human national history, and the other in theological revelation. But they...

As we come to the close of the Easter Season, we hear in the Gospel Jesus’ Farewell Discourse as he speaks before ascending into heaven....

Christ is risen, alleluia! Indeed He is risen alleluia! With today’s feast of Pentecost, we say farewell to the Easter Season. For 50...