Posts by Fr Jay Scott Newman

Dear Friends in Christ, It was December, and another Christmas was at our throats. That was the dim view of all things Yule taken by the English humorist P.G. Wodehouse, and it is a sentiment most of us can readily understand. To avoid the frenzy which induces that feeling, we need to grasp what the…

Dear Friends in Christ, The new Year of Grace will begin next week with the First Sunday of Advent, and on each of the four Sundays of Advent we will gather at 5 pm to sing the psalms and canticles of Vespers or Evening Prayer. Please join us at 5 pm on each of the…

Dear Friends in Christ, The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops met in Baltimore this week, and it was a disaster. On Monday morning, before the business meeting had even officially begun, the bishops learned that on Sunday night they had been asked by Rome not to vote this week on long planned proposals aimed…

Dear Friends in Christ, Please be mindful of these dates: From 12 to 14 November 2018 the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops will hold their annual General Assembly in Baltimore, the first diocese in our country. At the top of the agenda this week are the many questions related to the scandals revealed during…