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Father Terrence P. Ryan, CSP | 04/04/14

The second Sunday of every April is the final round of the Master’s Golf tournament at the beautiful Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia. I...

Father Francis P. DeSiano, CSP | 04/03/14

Part of the additional heartbreak in the tragedies we have seen in the lost jet from Malaysia and the town swept away by mud in...

Father Terrence P. Ryan, CSP | 03/31/14

Some one said that prayer is like plugging your smart phone or electronic device into the wall or another computer to recharge or download something....

Father Francis P. DeSiano, CSP | 03/27/14

The following is a homily based on the Scripture readings for March 30.     “It’s not like looking for a needle in the haystack;...

Father Terrence P. Ryan, CSP | 03/26/14

I don’t mind penance, as long as I can choose it. I like to keep control of my sufferings. For Lent, I will give up...

Father John J. Geaney, CSP | 03/24/14

You don’t know Hannah or Denis Geaney. They are my parents. When they came to the United States from Ireland the laws of immigration in...

Father Charles R. Kullmann, CSP | 03/21/14

Recently I was flipping through the channels on our rectory TV and by happenstance came across an epsiode of Thomas the Tank Engine. This children’s...

Father Francis P. DeSiano, CSP | 03/20/14

The following is a homily for the weekend of Sunday, March 23.   Boy, dating has sure gotten complicated. We have eharmony.com, and now ChristianMingle.com...

Father Ronald A. Franco, CSP | 03/19/14

Today (March 19) the Church celebrates the solemnity of St. Joseph. In the New Testament, St. Joseph appears only briefly (and silently) in connection with...

Father Terrence P. Ryan, CSP | 03/18/14

I notice that in the beginning of Genesis when all the creation stuff was going on, chapter 2, God made a human being, one human...

Stuart A. Wilson-Smith, CSP | 03/17/14

I have been assigned to serve as a hospital chaplain this year as part of my supervised ministry course. One of the more powerful experiences...

Father John J. Geaney, CSP | 03/11/14

The doorbell rang at 5:45 in the evening, and the cathedral priests were enjoying dinner at the rectory. At the door was a young man...