Welcome Deacon George Flaherty You will all meet a new member of our Holy Family staff team as we welcome Deacon George Flaherty who will preach at all Masses this weekend. That is perhaps the best way to get to know a deacon or priest — through their preaching. Please see the following page of […]
Easter Joy Continued… I loved the way Nancy Hulsebosch from Bellarmine Retreat House grounded the joy of Easter in the entire four-week experience of the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola. Nancy shared the fifth presentation in our Be More series last week. Five hundred years ago this Spanish saint of our Church captured the
Easter and Examination of Consciousness One of the foundational steps in a genuine sacramental Reconciliation is EXAMINING OUR CONSCIENCE. This means that we take some intentional, prayerful time to honestly examine our lives and specifically to come in touch with our sinful behavior. The Ten Commandments are still one of the most important guides leading
Galilee and Jerusalem I would like to suggest that we keep the words of the angel from Easter Sunday’s Gospel according to Mark close to our hearts. The angel said to the amazed women in the empty tomb of Jesus, “You seek Jesus … He has been raised … He is going ahead of you
Holy Week This Holy Week invites and challenges us to spiritually enter into the heart of the Third Week or phase of the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola. It is an opportunity for all of us to enter into the passion, suffering and death of Christ—WITH Christ. Ignatius encourages us to use silence to
