It was always right about the time August was approaching that I would get a new level of excitement about the new school year when I was a third grade teacher. I would start to think about all the little faces that would be ready to learn new things, and all the clean new […]
July 23, 2023 Mary Whiteside Read More »
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
Thoughts from Deacon Dennis: July 16th, 2023 Read More »
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
