To Hear the Voices of Angels

Posted by Diane Roden on 8/11/16

     It’s that time again!  As we move into August, we hear more and more the commonly-spoken phrase: “The summer is just whizzing by!”

     While adults are starting to think about colder weather in the fall and winter months ahead, many of us are making plans already for ... Read More »

FEAR NOT … LOVE WINS

Posted by Diane Roden on 8/04/16

     “Never discuss religion or politics at social gatherings.”  This has always been the sage advice given to ensure civility and avoid conflict.  With the rise of social media—Instagram, Facebook, Linked-In, Twitter and 24 hour television news programs—we are bombarded with everyone’s political opinion all of the time. ... Read More »

St Peter Faber - Fr. Whitaker homily

Posted by Patrick Fairbanks on 8/02/16

Feast of St. Peter FaberTuesday, August 2, 2016St. Xavier Church

Ignatius, Peter Faber, Francis Xavier--Each Suggests the Other Two, Said Fr. Nadal.What Happened to Ignatius at Manresa Happened to Peter Faber at Paris.

            Sunday was the feast of St. Ignatius Loyola, whose first two Jesuit brothers were Francis ... Read More »

St Ignatius Loyola - Fr Whitaker homily

Posted by Patrick Fairbanks on 8/02/16

Feast of St. Ignatius LoyolaJuly 31, 2016

            “Choose life.”  It is a command that comes to us at a time when many, so many, are preoccupied with, and in the service of, death, even in health care services and bioethics.            “Be imitators of me, as I am of ... Read More »

Go and set the world on fire !

Posted by Patrick Fairbanks on 7/28/16

If you gaze upward as you exit the north side of Church, through the new entry way, you can see these words above the doorway.  Ite Inflammate Omnia.

They are Latin words used by St. Ignatius Loyola at the end of his letters to those Jesuits going off to ... Read More »

Take up Your Cross Daily and Follow Me

Posted by Matthew Dunch on 6/15/16

Take up your cross daily and follow me

Today’s Gospel has a very familiar phrase. When I hear it, I immediately think of Simon of Cyrene who was pressed into service to help Jesus carry His cross on the road to Calvary. But this simple phrase is also ... Read More »