All Saints Parish Homilies and News

Patrick Jordan, who died on October 2, was a man of deep faith who internalized the Beatitudes and practiced the works of mercy daily. Dear friends: Patrick Jordan, former managing editor of The Catholic Worker and of Commonweal Magazine , friend of Servant of God Dorothy Day , ✝️✝️✝️ and a kind, humble and wonderful Christian, has died. Here is a lovely appreciation from the Dorothy Day Guild. May Pat rest in peace. From Father James Martin, s.j. Dear members of the Dorothy Day Guild, We are writing to share the sad news that our friend Patrick Jordan, former editor of The Catholic Worker , founding member of the Guild, and close friend of Dorothy’s, died last week on Thursday, October 2nd. Pat joined the Catholic Worker movement in 1968, and met his wife, Kathleen DeSutter Jordan, working together on the soupline soon afterwards. Pat was a draft resister during the Vietnam War, and was eventually sentenced to serve community service hours at the Catholic Worker houses of hospitalit...

Pray for and celebrate Life of Father Alphonsus L’Heureux, O.C.S.O., the Knights of Columbus Catholic Man of the Month for September 2025. Born in 1894, in Quebec and died in 1947, in China a martyr.) The Church is blessed with witnesses whose lives quietly embody the Gospel and whose deaths resound like a proclamation of faith. Among these is Father Alphonsus (Albert) L’Heureux, O.C.S.O. (1894–1947), a Trappist monk and missionary whose life and martyrdom stand as a powerful testimony to Christ. Although he never wrote celebrated works of theology nor held positions of public prominence, his example continues to inspire Catholics today, especially those seeking to live with courage, humility, and fidelity in the face of trial. He was ordained as a Jesuit in 1929, and received permission to join the Trappist Missionaries in China. Born in French Canada, near the turn of the twentieth century, L’Heureux embraced the austere vocation of the Trappists, the Order of Cistercians of the Stri...

An echo resport published in The National Catholic Register by Joseph Pronechen:  A ‘Pilgrimage of Hope’: Relics of St. Thérèse return to the US after 25 years, marking the 100th anniversary of her canonization. The faithful have the privilege of venerating the Little Flower, starting on her October 1st, feast day. Her relics will tour the US"  https://stthereseusa2025.com/ October 1-8, 2025: The tour kicked off at the National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica in Royal Oak, Michigan. Her relics visit the United States October 1 - December 8, 2025 the 100th anniversary of her Canonization and the Jubilee Year Royal Oak, Michigan (October 1-8, 2025) Ten dioceses in California (October 10-30) San Antonio, TX; several Carmels in the South (October 31-November 14) Holy Hill, Wisconsin (November 15-18) Washington, DC and environs (November 19-30) Miami, Florida (December 1-8) “I would like to travel over the whole earth to preach the Gospel,” St. Thérèse of Lisieux wrote in he...

Jesuit resistanc to Nazism: Alfred Delp (1907-1945) published in  The Jesuits of Ireland:   Also featured in the social media "Jesuits in Canada and the U.S." Alfred Delp, S.J., a Nazi resister German Pastor and Nazi Resister ALFRED DELP, S.J. (1907-1945) who was executed by the Nazis in Berlin's Tegel Prison at the end of World War II Seeing first hand his country being turned into something he could not stand, Alfred Delp opposed bitterly the rising tide of Nazism, and continued to do so until he was condemned to death for his beliefs. Alfred Delp was born in Mannheim on September 15, 1907, in what is today the southwest of Germany.  Despite being baptized a Catholic, Delp attended a Lutheran school and was confirmed into the Lutheran Church in 1921. However, he had his differences with his Church and soon after asked to be received First Communion and Confirmation as a Catholic. Immediately after finishing school Delp entered the Jesuit novitiate. He studied philosoph...

Opinion letter to the editor published in TribLive: Trump reaches new low with Putin There he stood on the red-carpeted tarmac of the U.S. military installation Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, dressed in his red tie, white shirt and blue suit uniform, awaiting his invited guest. Would an honor guard and flyover add to the pomp? Donald Trump applauded the approach of his invitee before offering his hand with an official welcome. For a second I pictured a resurrected Jeffrey Epstein to appear … or perhaps Stormy Daniels. A more public show of affection for his idol would have to await a more private time together. Bowing down? Ring kissing ❓ And then he appeared, the Russian thug Vladimir Putin , a Cheshire cat smile on his face, knowing he had already won the summit moment by receiving the invitation and now this warm welcome. Putin showed up in Alaska like the Cheshire Cat knowing how he was upstaging stupid Donald Trump Here he was, a war criminal, leader of a c...

Father Louis Favre, hero killed for saving thousands from Nazis An echo article published in Aleteia   by Thérèse Puppinck It was the lucky wall of his school that gave Louis Favre, priest and teacher, an opportunity to become an example of the heroism that saved thousands of lives during World War II. CATHOLICISM VS NAZISM: On July 16, 1944, French Catholic priest Father Louis-Adrien Favre was executed by Nazis. Such people should be better known and remembered widely 👼❗ Father Louis Favre, hero killed for saving many from Nazis Louis Favre was born on November 2, 1910 in Bellevaux, Haute-Savoie, France, the third of four children of Marie Julie Voisin and Joseph Favre.  He was killed by the Nazi on July 16, 1944. Father Louis Favre was a young priest (just 30 years old) in 1940. He was part of a generation that grew up with memories of the First World War — even more than others, because his father died at the front in 1917. With a love of art and music and a passion for t...