St. Mary Parish New HavenMar 19, 2021WHEN A “YES” IS MORE THAN JUST A YESRecently I was waiting in line at the drive through of a fast food place, getting ready to order my “fish sandwich meal” (yay for Lent!)...
St. Mary Parish New HavenMar 14, 2021GOOD NEWS“As a deer longs for flowing streams, so longs my soul for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and...
St. Mary Parish New HavenMar 6, 2021THE YEAR OF ST. JOSEPH:AN INCREDIBLE SOURCE OF PLENARY INDULGENCESLast December, I wrote in the bulletin about how Pope Francis had declared the year 2021 (or, more technically, Dec. 8, 2020 Dec. 8,...
St. Mary Parish New HavenFeb 28, 2021REASONS TO STAY AWAY FROM CONFESSIONS THIS LENT For anyone who has been Catholic for any length of time, or even for non-Catholics who have some sense of what Catholicism is all about,...