Pastor’s Message June 16th, 2019
On this Father’s Day weekend, when we honor our dads, even with the pluses and minuses in their lives, my thoughts turn to the God-man, Jesus, standing before Pilate. In his interrogation of Jesus,...
View ArticleEvening of Praise
Celebrate the Feast of the Sacred Heart with An Evening of Praise & Worship Join us Friday, June 28th at 7 PM at St. Vincent Ferrer Church to honor our Lord’s eternal love and goodness. When the...
View ArticlePastor’s Message June 23rd, 2019
This weekend, as you read this article, several Knights of Columbus and their sons, grandsons or nephews are traveling with me on our annual (usually) trip to Guatemala. There we will work on several...
View ArticlePastor’s Message June 30th, 2019
His Eminence, Timothy Cardinal Dolan, current Archbishop of New York, recently wrote a column in the Catholic newspaper of that archdiocese about the value of a Catholic school education compared to...
View ArticlePastor’s Message July 7th, 2019
There is, in our day, a certain tendency to think of religion as something meant not for men but for women. With such a distorted view of religion, too many men are content to give in to the temptation...
View ArticlePastor’s Message July 14th, 2019
On June 30th, I returned with Deacon Bob, Jay Flood and 12 others (including two recent SVF school graduates, Francisco and Lorenzo Moore, with grandfather, Frank) from our mission trip to the...
View ArticlePastor’s Message July 21st, 2019
In the quest to better form consciences and correct erroneous principles, there has been severe criticism about whether the Church has a role in speaking out to society about error. In fact, there...
View ArticlePastor’s Message July 28th, 2019
Thanks be to God, the Mueller Investigation has come to an end, and that distraction can hopefully be put aside so that we can get on with the real work of government. The back and forth bickering...
View ArticlePastor’s Message August 4th, 2019
In a series of his recent writings and homilies, Pope Francis reminds us that the history of our friendship with God is always linked to particular places which take on an intensely personal meaning....
View ArticlePastor’s Message August 11th, 2019
It has been a hot, sunny and humid week here in Minnesota (the Land of 10,000 Lakes- and 10 million mosquitos!) where, as the newly re-cycled State Chaplain of the Florida Knights, I attended the 137th...
View ArticlePastor’s Message August 18th, 2019
I believe the song begins something like this: “School days, school days, good ol’ back to school days.” Our kids are back, with over 390 children enrolled in our school. That’s only possible because...
View ArticlePastor’s Message August 25th, 2019
Recently, Dayton, El Paso, Las Vegas and several other cities in the U.S. were struck by mass shootings and horrid violence that strikes at the hearts of all decent citizens who ask “WHY?” “What’s this...
View ArticlePastor’s Message September 1st, 2019
In the Gospel passage when Jesus goes to dine at the house of the Pharisee, he notices how all the other guests have secured their own placement at the dinner. The atmosphere of the evening is a bit...
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Consoling the Heart of Jesus
Join us Tuesday mornings after the 8:30 a.m. Mass for a 10-week small group retreat beginning September 17th in St. Peter’s House at 613 NE 8th Ave. Enter your name, email, and phone number below to...
View ArticleThink God! Symbolon
Starting Thursday morning, September 12th, after the 8:30 a.m. Mass in St. Peter’s House! Join us to better know and live your faith through a 10-week video series, Symbolon: Living the Faith. Too...
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Opening Your Heart
Opening Your Heart, The Starting Point Please join us for a taste of Walking with Purpose as we explore four foundational steps that we need to take if we desire to live purposefully. Growing in these...
View ArticlePastor’s Message September 8th, 2019
We managed to escape the path and wrath of Dorian, but she wasn’t so kind to the people of the Bahamas. We pray for them as they mourn their lost loved ones, and we have begun to help them with funds...
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Pastor’s Message September 15th, 2019
A good friend of mine, The Most Rev. Patrick C. Pinder, the Archbishop of Nassau and all the Bahamas, celebrated Mass last Sunday at his cathedral in Nassau for the evacuated families and Catholic...
View ArticlePastor’s Message September 22, 2019
How times have changed in half a century! Fifty or so years ago, one of the worst insults we would use against a classmate was to call him a “philistine!” The dictionary defines a “philistine” as “a...
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