Dear St. Louis Parishioners, You may recall back on the Second Sunday of Ordinary Time, I wrote in the bulletin about the Parent Meeting & Evening of Recolle...

“The fruit of the tree shows the care it has had…” These thought-provoking words from our first reading this weekend serve as a kind of linchpin in the read...

Last weekend, we read of the call of Simon Peter and reflected upon the role of his successors, the popes, throughout the ages, including the window in the v...

“The Teacher saw two boats moored by the shore; the fishermen had disembarked and were washing their nets. He then asked permission to board the boat, which...

This Saturday morning (2/2), the Church celebrates a great feast: the Presentation of the Lord! As I have mentioned, this is a kind of “bonus Christmas” cel...

Where is our place of Safe Refuge? This theme has been with us, popping up time and again, throughout this entire Liturgical Year so far, starting with Adve...

It’s beginning to look a lot like Ordinary Time. There is a great irony to this Season of the Year, because we often think of “ordinary” as meaning rather m...

Merry Christmas!  This weekend, we finally conclude the Christmas Season, with the Celebration of the Baptism of the Lord.  Now, some of you may be sad and t...

As you read this, most likely, I am on a journey like the Magi to encounter Christ with the nations (young people from all around, although probably mostly w...

Merry Christmas! As we continue to celebrate the Octave of Christmas, it is a great time to continue to reflect upon our Blessed Mother’s role in God’s plan ...

Dear St. Louis Parishioners, As we come at last to the Fourth Sunday of Advent, we reflect upon the nearness of Christ even more profoundly. In just a matte...

Dear St. Louis Parishioners, Earlier this week (Wednesday, December 12th), the Church celebrated the Feast of the Patroness of the Americas: Our Lady of Gua...

Dear St. Louis Parishioners, We continue our reflection on various titles from the Litany of Loreto, along with some of the key Marian “Images of Saint Louis...

Dear St. Louis Parishioners, Happy New Year! As we begin a new Church Year, we will shift to a new theme for our bulletin, which will extend from Advent thr...

Dear St. Louis Parishioners, At last, we come to the conclusion of our “Victory Tour” of Saints featured throughout our grounds. We do have a few more saint...

Dear St. Louis Parishioners, Last week, we had examples of women of faith, specifically three widows, counting our Blessed Mother (at the time of her Son’s p...

Dear St. Louis Parishioners, Last month, we held our widow’s retreat and this Sunday’s readings were a source of great consolation. During my opening refle...

Dear St. Louis Parishioners, “Many people today are disoriented and lost in search of genuine fellowship. Often their lives are either too superficial or sha...

Dear St. Louis Parishioners, Last Sunday was one of those days. One of those days when I head back to the rectory in the afternoon and I’m pretty tired. Bu...

Dear St. Louis Parishioners, As I mentioned a few weeks ago, my nickname for this season of the Church Year (the final months of Ordinary Time) is the Victor...