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‘Get used to different’ Sept. 2021 Jesus calls fishermen, tax collectors and, yes, you At the beginning of the pandemic, friends in the parish started to recommend The Chosen, a popular television show about the life of Jesus. It is…

A seminarian prepares for priesthood June 5, 2021 Dcn. Noah Thelen There are a few common questions I have received since I began telling people I was going to the seminary, such as, “What did you do before seminary? What…

What do the woman caught in adultery, St. Peter and Bartimaeus the blind man all have in common? THE WOMAN CAUGHT IN SIN: “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. … Then Jesus straightened up…

Pope Francis has declared 2021 the year of St. Joseph. In his apostolic letter Patris corde (“With a Father’s Heart”), Pope Francis explains the role of chastity in St. Joseph’s vocational call as the husband of Mary and the father…

  Fatherhood is a beautiful vocation. We typically think of fatherhood as a husband married to a wife, where the two are now one flesh and give life to their own children. Fatherhood is the total and selfless love for…

IS IT BAD TO BE A PERFECTIONIST? Is it bad to be competitive? Perhaps these are odd questions to ask. If perfectionism is the desire to do things well and competitiveness is the desire to win, then one may rightly…