The Parable of the Sower I think most of us are familiar with Jesus’ Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13:1-23), the Gospel reading for this 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time. This is the one in which a sower sows seed indiscriminately on a path (birds came and ate them), on rocky ground (poor soil so […]
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Congratulations, Dr. Peg! Dr. Peg Hanrahan is retiring as our Director of Teen and Family Faith. For the past eight years she has provided wisdom and leadership for children, teens, our staff and indeed our entire faith community. Dr. Peg has served at six different parishes in the Archdiocese of Chicago in a number of
Father’s Day A very Happy Father’s Day to all of the men in our lives and our community who carry out two images of God from Scripture, Father and Abba. Jesus repeatedly addresses God as Father and in teaching us to pray he begins with the word OUR. Our Father who art in heaven… In
The Body and Blood of Christ Community Celebrating & Covenant Connecting May I suggest that these statements are at the core of the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ. They are combinations of nouns and verbs and they help us to appreciate both the substance of Body and Blood and the action they
AIG You may hear more and more people referring to our yearlong Adventures in Grace: a pilgrimage simply as AIG, short for Adventures in Grace. Our staff and some Grace Guides in the parish will be wearing buttons saying simply “Ask me about AIG”. They are one more source of information about this important endeavor
