We are entering into the holiest week of the year. This coming week has really captured my spiritual imagination recently. I have been moved, through a lot of prayer, to share my passion and intrigue with Holy Week so much so that I have developed a retreat to present to parishes, friends and fellow priests. […]
We have welcomed many special guests to Holy Family recently who have each expressed profound gratitude for our partnership with them in the Violence Prevention Initiative. Fr. Mike Pfleger very passionately and personally shared many of the challenges that he sees to building Peaceful Pathways in his neighborhood and the larger community of Chicago and
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Are you willing to be an instrument of Hope for the world? That was the question asked of you as you received ashes a few Wednesdays ago here at Holy Family to mark the beginning of the Lenten journey. How are you doing with your commitment to fulfill that promise? I encourage all of us
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The recent shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland Florida, the 17 innocent lives lost, and the severely injured remain a focus of my prayer life. I have been reflecting a lot this Lent on how careless, violent actions and words can leave permanent scars on the hearts of God’s people and take a
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