Dear people of Jackson!  I’d like to invite all of you to the SEEK2021 conference this coming February 4-7, Thursday-Sunday!  Every year, my organization, FOCUS, puts on a huge national/international conference, with some of the biggest Catholic speakers and best Catholic artists, representatives from dozens of religious orders, many bishops, priests, and deacons, and thousands of lay people … Continued

SALVATION STORY LEADING TO SCRIPTURE For the last month or so in homilies and articles we have been revisiting the basic story of Salvation. All people have been created by a loving Father God who wants us with Him for eternity. Then we were captured by the enemy, with our own free will as an … Continued

MERRY CHRISTMAS! Dear Parishioners & Visitors, Christmas 2020 is a Christmas like no other in our lifetime. And yet, as with every year, Christ is born for us to redeem this year…if we allow him to do so. God is once again inviting us to allow him to bring good even from the evils and … Continued

Dear Parish Family, Blessed Advent season to you all! I must admit, this liturgical season is, quite honestly, one of my favorite times of the whole year. It’s reflective and gives me a chance to be still in the midst of the busyness of life around me. It reminds me to shift my focus once … Continued

Happy Advent, everyone! Jesus comes–Christus adveniat. How does He come? He comes to us in three ways—in history, in mystery, and in majesty.   In history, we see a chain of events unfold:  —from the first pages of Genesis—>our creation  —to our fall—>our captivity in sin  —to Jesus’ entry into history in the Annunciation and in … Continued