A bout ten years ago the Diocese of Cleveland changed from permanent pastorates to term limits.  I was on the committee to assist the the...

W e received a letter from our Bishop this past Friday afternoon.  He asked that it be placed in the bulletin but unfortunately it was too ...

N ot too long ago we went from permanent pastorates to term limits in our diocese.  I was on the committee.  One of the points I bought up ...

I was reading a book yesterday in which a mother was lamenting the fact that her child had to learn everything from scratch.   Man has be...

Continuing Lumen Gentium   P riests are reportedly (with some blaring exceptions) among the happiest people in the United States i...

Paragraph 26 of Lumen Gentium   A buddy of mine was leading a discussion group on the Vatican II documents to help celebrate the ...

Lumen Gentium paragraphs 24 and 25     W alking in the park with Sebastian a conversation took place with a man from another faith...

Lumen Gentium paragraphs 22 and 23.   T here was an interesting show on NPR about a year or two ago talking about the Protesta...

W e no longer have a legitimate pope and I look forward to that day when a true pope sits on the throne of Peter.   (Bet you nev...

I n yesterday’s post, a Lutheran stated that she believed in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church.   She was not referring to the Cat...

Y es, we’re still on the same document.   This week’s chapter is on Sacred Art and Sacred Furnishings (beginning with section 122.)   Fi...

T hough it sounds nice enough, this is actually known as the “Chinese curse.” “Interesting” has no value. It simply means that someting dr...

ACTION ALERT! T he following was sent to all parishes late Friday from Bishop Lennon: “This week the federal government’s Department of H...

Y ou can’t have a bishop who is not bishop of some place. That is, there are no bishops out there who are just roaming around with no dioce...

Y our neighborhood parish is not a church. It is a parish. The building is a “church building” but the institution is a parish. We belon...

W ell let’s finish what we started. You might want to send a letter to your bishop. Do you want to give him a heart attack? Write him ab...

W e have two seminarians as of the moment. When you have seminarians you need someplace to teach them – a seminary. A seminary needs gradu...

I Last week, you may remember, there was no post on Tuesday owing to my road trip to Washington D. C. in order to see Cleveland priest Neal ...