Weekly Reflections

Upcoming Parish Council Elections: A Time for Renewal

Mar 9, 2023 Comments Off on Upcoming Parish Council Elections: A Time for Renewal
March 23 @ 6:26 am

Once again, it’s the season to begin reflecting and planning for ourselves and for the coming fiscal year 2023-2024 at The Basilica. We are in the midst of our Voices…

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Lenten Listening

Mar 3, 2023 Comments Off on Lenten Listening
March 23 @ 6:26 am

In Lent, I am pushed out of my normal routine and invited to engage the world in a new way. In community, Lenten rituals mold my heart and mind, reminding…

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Your Basilica Story

Feb 12, 2023 Comments Off on Your Basilica Story
March 23 @ 6:26 am

Many years ago, I enjoyed a CBS News bi-weekly series by Steve Hartman titled “Everybody has a Story,” featuring stories about ordinary people from around the country. With a child-like…

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Called to Be Light

Feb 3, 2023 Comments Off on Called to Be Light
March 23 @ 6:26 am

At a weekend Mass, at a parish we were visiting, I pointed out the Book of the Gospels that the priest was holding up to our now five-year-old daughter. She…

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Catholic Social Teaching

Feb 1, 2023 Comments Off on Catholic Social Teaching
March 23 @ 6:26 am

Catholic Social Teaching is a way of reflecting on the world today. It is not a fixed block of doctrine or ideology, but the result of prayerful reflection on the…

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