Dear Friends: Happy Summer!  We are now officially in the season where most people have become accustomed to relaxation and finding ways...

Dear Friends: Happy Fathers’ Day! On this special Sunday, I pray that my father, affectionately known as Monk, and all our fathers feel h...

Dear Friends: Today our Church celebrates the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, Corpus Christi, for those who prefer the Latin! It’s...

Dear Friends: As I write this, our staff is beginning to ready our parish for the re-starting of public Masses that can again be attended...

Recently I was reading an article entitled, "Immunity From Being Alone" published in The Economist.  It's fascinating in that it notes cl...

Dear Friends: As we begin to re-open our churches, I am reminded by writers of different disciplines who note that the temporary closure ...

Dear Friends, Happy Mother’s Day! All of us at St Teresa salute and pray for all mothers, both living and deceased on this special day – ...

Dear Friends: This week we celebrate Good Shepherd Sunday!  While the imagery can be somewhat lost on today’s believer, there was a good ...

Recently, I was reading a reflection by San Diego Bishop, Robert McElroy, who wrote: "… in these days of pandemic and social distancing …...

Dear Friends: Today the Word of God tells us that on the day Jesus rose from the dead, two discouraged followers were walking to Emmaus, ...

Dear Friends: On Easter Sunday, we celebrated Christ's Resurrection from the dead. Death itself could not keep our Lord from us; the tomb...

Dear Friends: Christ is Risen! Perhaps at very few other times in history have we ever needed to hear those very reassuring words. With s...

Worried? Anxiety is a toxic brew of negative emotions—anger, angst, apprehension, tension, worry, discouragement, fear, nervousness, pani...

Dear Friends: As we arrive at the Fifth Week of Lent, I’m certain that it has been one like no other for so many of us! Some in our commu...

Vienna Pharaon, a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in New York City, writes: "You can't keep doing the same things if you wan...

Dear Friends - As we come to the fourth Sunday in Lent, we continue our theme of Meeting God's Grace - in Repentance. Repentance is relat...

Dear Friends: The organization Bread for the World tells us that everyone feels hungry on a daily basis. Most people are able to satisfy ...

Our Christian faith tells us that we are capable of great things. We know that under the right circumstances we can go far and accomplish...

Dear Friends: Already at the second Sunday of Lent, this week we focus on Meeting God’s Grace in Darkness. We know that the paths of life...

I just finished reading today's Wall Street Journal article entitled, "Thank God American Churches are Dying".  (Click here for the full ...