Dear Friends in Christ, During the Synod of Bishops now meeting in Rome and because of the debates among bishops at that meeting, parts of Catholic Christianity that are seldom thought about except by specialists are being discussed by many people, and in the service of bringing clarity to what might otherwise be obscure, here…

Dear Friends in Christ, 1. The bad weather last weekend caused our Mass attendance and collection to be a bit lower than usual. If you were among those unable to come last weekend, please do make up the missing offertory gift if possible. We depend upon your generosity from week to week to stay on…

Dear Friends in Christ, The Feast of St. Francis of Assisi is not observed in the sacred liturgy this year because 4 October, his date in the Roman Calendar, falls on a Sunday. But since today is his feast, let me commend to you two books about the Poverello of Assisi, both of which go…

Dear Friends in Christ, On Saturday 10 October 2015, Dr. Clark Brittain will be ordained deacon here at St. Mary’s. Clark is a member of the Community of St. Anselm’s and is being ordained for service in the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, the jurisdiction for Anglicans who have been received into…

Dear Friends in Christ, Here at St. Mary’s, one of the distinctive features of our celebration of the liturgy is the deliberate pace of each part of the ritual. Nothing is hurried at Mass, and the reverent speaking or singing of every text helps all of us enter into the sacred time of prayer which…