Fr. Gary Pennings’ Homily July 18, 2021 “Woe to the shepherds who mislead and scatter the flock of my pasture says the Lord. I love preaching when those woes come in. They’re kind of fun. Through the prophet Jeremiah God is pretty clear with those who are shepherds who were misleading the flock and back […]

Fr. Viet Nguyen’s Homily July 18, 2021 “What is a shepherd? Who is a shepherd? A pastor, a leader, these are some of the questions that I asked myself as I was in seminary of if I was to be a priest, to be a pastor, a shepherd of souls, what was that like? And […]

AFr. Viet Nguyen’s Homily July 11, 2021 “So as you might know the Olympics are about to start this year in I believe Tokyo and it’s interesting about the Olympics these athletes who don’t really get paid that much but they dedicate so much of their time sacrifice so much to do this every four […]

Fr. Gary Pennings’ Homily July 10, 2021 “So in the Gospel today Jesus sends out his twelve, the chosen ones, the apostles, he sends them out two by two. The very word apostle means to be sent. They’re sent by the Lord and he tells them, ‘Don’t rely on your own strength. Don’t take all […]

Fr. Gary Pennings’ Homily July 3, 2021 “Hello my friends, my name is Fr. Gary Pennings. I have been appointed by Archbishop Naumann to be your new pastor. I was reading the readings for this week and I read through that first reading of Ezekiel, ‘Hard of face and obstinate of heart are they whom […]

Fr. Tom Tank’s Homily June 26, 2021 “That Gospel for this weekend is a rather long one, but really in a sense it’s a double header and usually double headers are longer. It’s a double header because Jesus performs two miracles in the midst of this Gospel- the one for the woman who had suffered […]

Dcn. John Stanley’s Homily June 20, 2021 “In our second reading St. Paul tells us, ‘Jesus died and was raised so that we might live.’ and in our Gospel we hear that familiar story of Jesus calming the storm and how faith and trust dispel all fear. It’s an overarching fear throughout all scripture. We […]

Dcn. Kris Kuckelman’s Homily June 19, 2021 “In our Gospel reading today we hear about Jesus calming the storm and this happened on the Sea of Galilee where storms quickly come up just as they do in our lives sometimes. We have to wonder how Jesus could have been sleeping during that violent storm. Better […]

Fr. Tom Tank’s Homily June 13, 2021 “This ordinary time of the year is a special time of grace. It’s a time for us to really attend more particularly to the growth of the Kingdom of God within us and within our world and so it’s that time of growing in virtue of that time […]

Fr. Viet Nguyen’s Homily June 12, 2021 “Have you ever played peekaboo with a little kid? It’s often entertaining not only for the adult, but for the kid it’s very entertaining. To them it’s amazing because you appear and disappear all of a sudden. I love to look at children and see how they see […]