E very now and then a comment will be posted or letter to the editor will be printed or some other medium for opinion will allow for some pe...

“ I am afraid to listen to God because I’m afraid of what He might ask me to do. ” A common enough sentiment. Of course what those who say ...

FINDING TRUTH WHEREVER IT MAY BE FOUND : “ B ut Pope Benedict recalls that the Council itself says nothing of the direction of prayer or con...

S o about half a year ago I got a dog because I thought I would be living alone. Then I got a parochial vicar. Now it turns out that a third...

Y ou were brilliant last week and I hoped to employ your assistance once again. I want to teach my “Saint, Signs, and Symbols” class but par...

I n a time of dwindling numbers of religious, it is a good thing to take a good hard look at what works at attracting and retaining new reli...

W orldwide the Catholic Church continues to explode in numbers. But despite this it is a fact that at times a branch of the Church can simpl...

FINDING TRUTH WHEVER IT MAY BE FOUND : “ T he scandal of art is that it is both useless and absolutely necessary. Once the basics of surviva...

A phone call came into the rectory last Friday from Akron Children’s Hospita l. One of our parishioners had a baby, there were complication...

A t my last assignment there was a window with a symbol in it that nobody there could figure out. I was completely baffled. I posted it and ...

I t was Sunday morning over breakfast in the dining room while the parochial vicar was having Mass and over the intercom the words of instit...

I n reality nobody – well, almost nobody prepares for a Martian abduction. I mean really, the chances are so small. But if every you were ab...

FINDING TRUTH WHEREVER IT MAY BE FOUND : “ P erfection is not achievement. Perfection lies in untiring striving.” David Rast OSB QUOTE II ...

I t still amazes me how many people think that when the Sunday Mass schedule is over that their parish shuts down. Perhaps some places do bu...

This is part II of Fr. Pfeiffer's vocation story. Part I was posted in last Friday's Potpourri. D uring this year off I rented an ap...