News - August 2019 RSS Feed

“Nunc Coepi, I begin.” It’s September...the ‘start of the year’ EVERYTHING! Summer is over; school, new parish programs, work initiatives, all are starting up anew.

Oh boy………Labor Day Weekend. Our teachers, parents, and kids all know what that means! May the new school year be a fine one for all.

What we do, and the actions we take, matter each and every time

“Do you kiss yo’ mama with that mouth?” This question was said by a friend to a teen who was using profanity of the most vile nature. ​​​​​​​That was years ago, but I have never forgotten the exchange.

Our school is coming to life again! Teachers arrive back this week, though most have been in already getting prepped. We look forward to a really fine year with nearly every seat filled. Come Holy Spirit!

God's magnificence is everywhere! Where do you see His hand at work?

ONE MORE THOUGHT….from St. Teresa. Our world is filled with so much beauty and goodness, but turn on tv or your news source, and that is not what we see. Mass shootings, suicides, abuse, trafficking, abortion, euthanasia, assisted suicide, war, terrorism, the plight of refugees, our wounded warriors, discrimination, sickness, homelessness. I am sure you can add to my list.

Hello, everyone. This week I read a poignant interview with a young mom that’s left me thinking ever since. This woman is a professor at Oxford, happily married, two children. In the middle of her third pregnancy, she and her husband were given some devastating news: the little girl growing in her womb was afflicted with a “lethal skeletal abnormality,” and would almost certainly die at birth, or soon thereafter.

As we pass the midway point in August, it’s time for an update on the Walker Road widening/relocation of parish offices. In case you have been out of the loop, we were informed 18 months ago that the widening of Walker Road will require the demolition of our current office building.

The Holy Trinity Health Services Alliance is up and running. Spread the word!

“May God protect me from gloomy saints!” (St. Teresa of Avila). One of my favorite saints is St. Teresa. She is one of my “go-to’s” when I just don’t have the words a difficult situation requires.

Hello, everyone. It’s peach season! Last weekend, someone gave me a bag of those lovely, golden-red delights, which I did my best to turn into a pie. I was reminded of why I enjoy this time of year so much.

A week ago I finished a book by the Jewish author Mary Doria Russell, A Thread of Grace. In it she writes about the Jewish refugees fleeing over the Alps to Italy in 1943 seeking safety, but finding even more unimaginable horror and suffering.

Welcome to our new neighbors, L'Arche!

“Vitae Spiritualis Ianua” is Latin for “the doorway to the spiritual life”. I am quoting the Latin from Bishop Barron and the Catechism, and it refers to and means Baptism. Baptism is the one thing everyone you see at Mass has in common. It is the first thing that connects us to the family of God, and it is the one thing that makes us related to each other.

Hello, everyone. Did you ever stop to think about what a truly astonishing miracle it is that you are — at all? Just think about how many generations of ancestors had to survive, and meet, and mate, in order for you to be here.

Onward into August! Sorry kids………..savor these final weeks before school begins. One of our annual summer events here for our high school students is the Steubenville NW conference. Over 1,000 young people met up in Spokane last weekend with 14 from our parish participating. The comments I am hearing are over-the-top positive once again.

Not only the right thing to do, it's the smart thing to do!