Tag: pastoral blog

One of the many blessings I have received during my years here at St. Isidore is the privilege of living and ministering with two recent immigrants

Today we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Trinity, one of the few doctrinal feasts on the Church calendar.  As Chris Kozlowski’s reflection on

It is a long tradition in the Church of having special “intentions” for a Mass.  The special intention is usually a deceased loved one, or

Today’s Solemnity of the Epiphany is, liturgically,  the brightest feast of the entire Christmas Season.  Today we rejoice in our belief that

Mr. Matt Hunt, who has served as our Coordinator of Youth Ministry at St. Isidore for the past year, recently left  our Pastoral staff to serve as

A few decades ago, as the commercialism of Christmas continued to grow, the phrase “put Christ back in Christmas” became popular. Back then I

I love the season of Advent.  It is a time of joyful anticipation of Christ’s Coming.  During these first few weeks of Advent we focus on

November is the month dedicated to remembering and praying for the Faithful Departed, our brothers and sisters who have gone before us marked with

Because I have a foot in both the Western and Eastern Churches, I am often asked this question:  “Can I go to an Eastern Church for mass, and if

At 9:30 Mass this Sunday we celebrate the Rite of Acceptance into the Catechumenate. This is the second of four stages in the Right of Christian

Last Sunday, Pope Francis canonized two saints, a pope and an archbishop who died within a couple of years of each other—Pope Paul VI in 1978, and

 We will be celebrating the Sacrament of the Sick at the 4:30 Mass next Saturday, October 13.  Celebrating this sacrament at a parish weekend

Today, I will share with you some of my thoughts and practices regarding liturgy. There are three main influences in my liturgical theology: my

Fr. Mark’s Musings for Sept 2 As some of you have noticed, I have some very definite ideas about politics, and as far as I can tell, most of my

I was delighted to receive a very positive response to my last “musings” regarding the beautiful stained glass-windows in our Church. Several of