Outreach and Service
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Lenten Conversations: Resources Related to Bias and Priviledge
These are resources related bias and privilege to prepare for our March 4 session with Sister Sarah Heger. Also a couple of items are being reposted after our recent discussion about institutional racism and the teachings of the Catholic Church.
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Lenten Conversations: Resources Related to Institutional Racism and The Church’s Teachings
This is a compilation of resources related to Fr. Bill’s homily on racism, institutional racism, the teachings of the Catholic Church, and Catholic perspectives on racism.
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Have you ever been on one of those quick fix diets? 6th Sunday B 2018
Though I know it is one of those imperceptible signs of aging, but I find ‘scale creep’ sneaking up on me. I started the winter at about 175 pounds. It then jumped up 2 more pounds. And then another.
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If you were lost in the woods, and had to choose between having a compass or a map, which would you choose? 5th Sunday B 2018
Though I never have been lost in the woods, I am told it can be a harrowing experience. In times like that, a compass and a map would go far in getting one to safety. But if you had to choose just one, what would you choose?
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What do you know about unclean spirits? 3rd Sunday B 2018
Unlike John’s gospel, where the first miracle Jesus performs is the changing of water into wine, and in Matthew where he cures a leper, Mark’s account of the first miracle worked by Jesus is the freeing of a man from possession by an unclean spirit.
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If someone asks you: “Where do you live?” how do you answer that? – 2nd Sunday B 2018
It is known as the St. Louis question – and there are two variations on it. The first – What high school did you go to? The second – What parish do you belong to? Both of them reveal a lot about who we are and what makes us tick.