W hat SNOPES has to say on the new bill in New York W hat the New York State CATHOLIC CONFERENCE says.

A friend of mine lives on a farm about a forty minute drive from the parish.  He is having a rough go of it lately and it is not because o...

W hen there was such a thing as institutional slavery, the Church recognized this as a fact of the world and gave teachings based on those ...

“ T he fact that we die makes everything more beautiful.” It took a long time to figure this saying out.  I find that it is true.  The ...

I t struck me that I might be more morbid than I thought. In my sitting room their are two paintings of a man at the end of his life.  ...

I remember the first time I had the courage to eat at a restaurant alone.  It was a Taco Bell.  I was in junior high school.  I went in, o...

T his week we were marking an anniversary of the passing of Fr. Swirski here at St. Sebastian.  On the same day we received notice that Fr....

Guest blogger:  Bernard A. Smith, of St. Sebastian Parish, Akron, recently retired after serving over  three decades as a federal prosecuto...

T he murder of the priest in France is both sad and frightening.  It is difficult to find anything but tragedy in the whole situation.  Eve...

S o I went to a non-denominational funeral yesterday and was actually quite excited to go to see how someone else did things.  Of course, I...

D on’t worry - there will not be any spoilers beyond the obvious in this post. So recently I viewed another extremely popular movie and...

I think this is a case of “sometimes the old ways are the best ways.” Last Tuesday, the the Rev. John McDonough passed away.  He was t...

A text appeared on my phone earlier this week stating that The Most Reverend A. Edward Pevec, DD, PhD, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cle...

I n the past week, three separate but similar incidences have occurred with people connect to this parish.   The details of all three ar...