Pastors Desk 7-3-16
The story of St. Philip Neri, who earned the title “Apostle of Rome” in the 16th century, is an example of the missionary zeal demanded by today’s Gospel. Philip came down to Rome in the early 1500s as an immigrant from Florence and a layman. When he arrived, he was...
Pastors Desk 6-26-16
In spite of her successful career, a Catholic executive felt emptiness in her life. One morning, during a breakfast meeting with her marketing consultant, she mentioned that emptiness. “Do you want to fill it?” her colleague asked. “Of course I do,” She said. He...
Pastors Desk 6-19-16
In 1896, after fifteen centuries, Athens renewed the Olympic Games, thus fulfilling the dream of Baron Pierre de Coubertin of France. You can imagine how proud the Greeks were to host the first modern Olympics. You can also imagine how disappointed they were at their...
Pastors Desk 6-12-16
A young man secretly misappropriated several hundred dollars from the business where he was employed. When the shortage was discovered the senior partner called the young man into his office. Immediately he knew he would be fired and sent into prison. His employer...
Pastors Desk 6-5-16
This is why Catholics still practice the ancient tradition of making frequent visits to the Eucharist throughout the day. Even in big cities today, when you go into a Catholic Church, you can almost always find someone kneeling before the altar where the Tabernacle is...
Pastors Desk 5-29-16
This Sunday the Catholic Church all over the world celebrates the feast of Corpus Christi - the Most Holy Body and Blood of Jesus. The Eucharist is the most precious gift our Lord has given to us prior to his departure from this world. When the time came for him to...
Pastors Desk 5-1-16
This great work of bringing a feeling of sacredness in our church could not have been completed without the cooperation of so many committed people who contributed to the remodeling by way of financial donation as well as by way of physical labor. We appreciate all...
Pastors Desk 4-24-16
It is with a sense of great happiness and joy I write this article. Even though I was to take charge as the pastor of St. Joachim church on July 1st 2011, I was asked by my Provincial Superior to reach St. Joachim earlier so as to get familiarized with the parish...
Pastors Desk 4-3-16
As the pastor of St. Joachim I can rightly feel a sense of pride and happiness over the growth of our parish. Four years back when I took charge of the parish, as per our records, our parish had a little above 1500 active registered parishioners. But now our record...
Pastors Desk 3-27-16
Egyptian pyramids are world-famous as one of the “seven Wonders” of the ancient world. But they are actually gigantic tombs containing the mummified bodies of Egyptian Pharaohs. Westminster Abby is famous, and thousands visit it because the dead bodies of famous...
Pastors Desk 3-20-16
The Bishop of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris during the early part of the last century was a great evangelizer who tried to reach out to unbelievers, scoffers, and cynics. He liked to tell the story of a young man who would stand outside the Cathedral and shout...
Pastors Desk 3-13-16
Dr. A.J. Cronin was a great Christian physician in England. One night he assigned a young nurse to a little boy who had been brought to the hospital suffering from diphtheria, and given only a slight chance to live. A tube was inserted into the boy's throat to help...