Once again a Sunday in Ordinary Time is displaced. This weekend is the celebration of two of our most important saints – Peter and Paul....

“I am the food of those fully grown. Grow and you shall feed on Me. But you will not change Me into your own substance, as you do with...

From Safari…. How was your first week of Ordinary Time? What is Ordinary Time? First thoughts might include such words typical, routine,...

Pentecost marks the “birthday of the Church,” the beginning of the public mission of the Body of Christ in the world, guided always by...

From Safari…. And the Beat Goes On, this 1967 ballad implies that life continues regardless of challenges or obstacles. It suggests...

Our One in Christ ACC “All Things New” Planning Committee has met twice with all the ACCs in the St. Cloud Deanery for an overview of...

From Safari…… The word gospel means “good news” not “good advice”. The gospels share with us what God has done, continues to do for us,...

For many years, when we asked what she wanted for Mother’s Day, our mom always asked for flowers to plant around our house – petunias,...

From Safari….. Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen! In my youth I remember going fishing with my dad in the winter. We set up the fish...

In 2001, Pope John Paul designated the Second Sunday of Easter each year as Divine Mercy Sunday. As you may recall, he died on the vigil...

From Safari…. Happy Easter! We are an Easter People and Alleluia is our song! Easter is our annual 50-day celebration of the Resurrection...

“Behold, I make all things new.” These words are our diocesan planning theme, but they are chosen not just as a slogan for that purpose....

From Safari…. From my childhood, I remember the roadrunner cartoons. Wile E Coyote was constantly planning ways to trap the roadrunner in...

In the past weeks, I have written on fasting and on prayer – self-denial and our conversation with God, speaking and listening to the...

From Safari….. Earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, cancer, heart disease, SIDS, accidents. Why do they happen? Are such events God’s...

A couple of weeks ago, I reflected with you on fasting, one of the three classic Lenten penitential practices. Fasting is one concrete...

From Safari…… Lent begins as it does every year with Jesus being led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days, to be tempted by the...

The hopeful and demanding season of Lent begins this week with Ash Wednesday on March 5. During this Jubilee Year, our One in Christ ACC...

From Safari….. At an Amish School in Lancaster County Pennsylvania, five young girls were killed by a man who eventually took his own...

How long has it been since you looked at your phone? Your last Internet search? Have you been in communication with Alexa or Siri yet...