I am writing this long before I leave for vacation. As we look to a new year, a thought is about funerals, since I am celebrating two of them before I leave. When you see a note in the bulletin or read an obituary, why not offer a prayer for Read more
We are jumping right into January and entering a new season with the celebration of the Baptism of the Lord. This feast is exactly what the title is. It is by baptism that we enter the life of grace that God offers to us. For Jesus it is the beginning Read more
Merry Christmas! Happy feast of the Epiphany! Both are true. We are in the season of Christmas until next week when we celebrate the Baptism of the Lord. Then we begin Ordinary time, the season we focus on Jesus’ actions and teachings in the Gospel. Epiphany closes out the Jubilee Read more
We gather on Gaudete Sunday, a day that we are called to rejoice. We are that much closer to Jesus’ birth. We have been helped all that much more through God’s grace these last few weeks in this season of preparation. This week itself is a time of mercy. There Read more
This weekend at St. Peter is the Rosary Society bake sale. So if you want to start your Advent sweetly, that is one way to do it. Monday the 8th of December is a Holy Day of obligation, our patronal feast day for our country. School Mass is at 8am. Read more
Advent! It begins this Sunday. A new liturgical year. A time to reflect on our God coming to us, in the flesh as one of us. There are rich readings that I encourage you to spend time with seeing how God prepared for the coming of His Son and for Read more
November 16th is the annual Potato Pancake breakfast at St. Casimir. I invite everyone to stop out and enjoy! After the 10:30 Mass at St. Peter is a meeting for the Rome pilgrimage in 2026 for our 150th anniversary as a parish. We have a few spots left and I Read more
Change in the weather and seasons perhaps gets us thinking about comfort foods as the temperature drops and we think of staying warm. Our Holy Name Breakfast this weekend at St. Peter can address that. So too the annual Potato Pancake Breakfast at St. Casimir on Nov. 16th will fill Read more
November begins with All the Saints, a wonderful solemnity that highlights the heroes of the faith. We lift up those who have made it. It also points to our goal as all of us want to get to heaven and being a saint is the manner we do that with Read more
This weekend at St. Peter, we have the Holy Name Breakfast. What a great moment to spend some time with parishioners and not rush out and get busy right away in the morning. Sundays are the Lord’s day and are meant to be a time of rest. Considering how busy Read more