Pastor’s Ponderings

As we honor St. Patrick it is worth noting the similarity of the church in Ireland and the church of America…both (in the words of St. Francis ) are in need of major reform and renewal. Today Cardinal Timothy Dolan more »

Like Jeremy Lin, Timothy Cardinal Dolan has skyrocketed to greater visibility in the past two weeks since his elevation to the College of Cardinals. A central opportunity for him to speak to the College of Cardinals on the subject of more »

Elizabeth said to Mary: “Blessed is the fruit of your womb”. In today’s first reading at Mass we hear of Hannah conceiving Samuel after a time of barreness. We can appreciate the emptiness, loneliness and disappointment of Sarah, Hannah and more »