Introducing “Ask Father Chas”, a new way to deepen your understanding and grow in faith. Submit your question, and among those submitted, he’ll periodically choose one to answer— sometimes even in a short video for our parish community!
God invites us to seek understanding — and so do we. Ask Father Chas anything about the Catholic faith, and he will respond with insight, compassion, and truth. Your question might even help others grow in theirs!
Message duration: Up to 90 seconds
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Episode 1, Did Mary Actually Die Before the Assumption?

Father Chas Canoy Watch the Episode 1 Listen to the Episode 1 Did Mary actually die before being assumed into heaven? In this brief reflection, we explore what the Catholic Church definitively teaches about the Assumption of Mary, the ancient tradition of the Dormition, and why the Church has never formally declared whether Mary experienced…
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Episode 2, Ask Father Chas – Why Don’t Catholics Use the Name Yahweh?

Father Chas Canoy Watch Episode 2 Listen to Episode 2 Why do Catholics rarely use the name Yahweh? In this episode of Ask Father Chas, Father Chas answers a thoughtful question about God’s personal name in the Old Testament, the Jewish tradition of reverence surrounding the Tetragrammaton (YHWH), and why the Church typically uses the…