Endurance in Difficult Times Events Past and Future Since my last article, we completed the first phase of our “Called, Gifted, Committed” project; we are now organizing the information and contacting those who signed up for various parish ministries and activities. If you were not present on October 27, you’ll soon receive an email from [...]
First, let me begin with a THANK YOU to all who helped out with our celebration last Sunday in concert (excuse the pun) with the Detroit Jazz Festival: those who helped clean and decorate the altar and other spaces, those who provided cookies and helped with the social, and above all our music director, Julie [...]
COMMUNITY NEWS We have arrived in this late summer time at the midpoint in a series of five Sunday Gospel readings from the sixth chapter of John’s Gospel, exploring Jesus’s message about the Bread of Life. While that leads me to some elevated spiritual reflections, there is also plenty of down-to-earth community news to share [...]
PARISH GROWTH A few weeks ago, the Sunday Gospel included Jesus’s story about the green earth that sprouts and grows plants from seed to harvest “of itself” (automatos, in the Greek), without the gardener understanding how. Jesus creates the parable not to teach us about plants, of course, but about the way God’s presence and [...]
Pastor’s Pen – June 28, 2024 Don’t miss the annual celebration of our parish patronal feast day this Sunday! The 11:00 liturgy of Saints Peter and Paul will be followed by a parish picnic in the courtyard. It will also be your final opportunity to say thanks to Lydia Maola, our Operations Director who has [...]
Father’s Day Let me extend my wishes for a Happy Father’s Day! But more than good wishes, I also pray for the fathers, especially the men in our parish who are currently raising children. There are many indicators that men face pressures and challenges today that exceed those of previous generations. And yet studies from [...]
Pentecost Spirit We have finally arrived at the culmination and goal of the Easter Season, the feast of Pentecost. The narrative of this feast tells of the time when Easter finally “landed,” when its power and grace were received by the disciples. Of the four gospel writers, Luke is the only one who makes a [...]
Pastor’s Pen – May 3, 2024 NEWS Congratulations and prayers for MaryAnne who will make her First Communion this Sunday. Her parents (Goretski) and grandparents (Nordmoe) are parishioners here at Ss. Peter and Paul. The Easter season – when we especially contemplate the presence of the Risen Lord among us – is the traditional time [...]
Pastor’s Pen – March 22, 2024 This Sunday we begin the greatest week of the church year with Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion. It is the greatest week because it provides us with an extended and in-depth contemplation of what we celebrate every Sunday: the death and resurrection of Jesus, leading to the outpouring [...]
Genesis 1:28: “Be fertile and multiply…” We have been blessed with a rapid rise in the number of young children in our parish. What a wonderful sign of new life and promise – and as I said in my homily on the Feast of the Holy Family, what a sign of the courage and [...]