In compliance with the instructions of both the Government and the Diocese, St. Mary’s Parish has now completed and submitted its Risk Assessment Form. I am pleased to announce that it has been approved by our Diocesan Coordinator for the Re-Opening of Churches, Fr. Stephen McGrattan. I am publishing it...

  The earth is the better part of 4.5 billion years older than humanity. It took just about that amount of time for her to get ready for us and to give birth to us. Since our bodies are made of various elements of the earth, no wonder we call...

These next four Sundays, we will hear from the very beautiful chapter 8 of St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans. Paul explains in the four excerpts we will hear four ways in which the Spirit of Jesus works in the world: first, in our bodies; second, in the “body” of...

Peter’s faith was not something he made up. It wasn’t from “flesh and blood”, either from himself or from any other human being. Instead, as Jesus tells him, it was a gift from the heavenly Father. And we can say more. The profession of faith in Jesus is not just...