Category Archives: General Interest

To My Fellow Pilgrims

From the Pastor Reflections on our Covid-imposed pilgrimage and journey. If we see and experience this time as a pilgrimage, there are some things to be on the lookout for and be mindful of.Read the rest of Pastor Ray Chase’s  more…

Posted in Communications & Outreach, General Interest | Comments Off on To My Fellow Pilgrims

Pastoral Theology for a Post-Modern World: The Pastoral Theology of Pope Francis

Following is the text of a speech delivered by San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy at the 2018 assembly of the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests meeting in Albuquerque June 25-27, 2018. Reprinted with permission. We are living in a wonderful  more…

Posted in General Interest | Comments Off on Pastoral Theology for a Post-Modern World: The Pastoral Theology of Pope Francis

Hear the Cry of the Earth and of the Poor

In this a brief quote from Pope Francis’s encyclical on the environment Laudato Si’, Francis starts with an old psalm verse, “The Lord hears the cry of the poor.” Then he turns it around. He drops the reference to the  more…

Posted in General Interest | Comments Off on Hear the Cry of the Earth and of the Poor

Columbarium Project & Survey

Have you made plans or given thought to where you would want to be laid to rest upon your death? Historically Christians have laid the dead to rest in churches where they are remembered and their remains are safeguarded. Burial  more…

Posted in Facilities, General Interest | Comments Off on Columbarium Project & Survey

The Day of the Dead Celebration

Day of Dead Celebration from Jerome Bird on Vimeo.

Posted in General Interest | Comments Off on The Day of the Dead Celebration