Over ten years ago, I was on retreat at a flourishing Benedictine monastery about an hour east of Tulsa, Oklahoma.  One of the senior monks there was giving me spiritual direction and said something that has stuck with me: “There should be a little bit of monk in each of us.”  Why?  A monk knows … Continued

Dear Parish Family, A couple of years ago, we made an initial attempt to have greeters (or hospitality ministers) to warmly greet people as they come into church.  This has given us a few regular greeters, and maybe you’ve enjoyed the salutations of fellow parishioners like Dan Deverell, Nick Januszewski, Bob & Colleen Irvin, Dan … Continued

Dear Parish Family, You may have noticed something different about our parish center’s Community Room!  For one month, we are privileged to have on display a Vatican International Exhibition called The Eucharistic Miracles of the World.  The exhibit chronicles some of the extraordinary ways that God has confirmed our faith in the real presence of … Continued

Dear Parish Family, Discover your giftedness, and you will discover your calling!  A huge part of our happiness and sense of fulfillment is the conviction that “I am doing what I was created and called to do!”  Do you fully know what that calling is? Many of you have been called to the sacrament of … Continued