All Saints Parish Homilies and News

An echo memorial published in BioLogos by the President Deb Haarsma.  Our Mission is Faith and Science. Working Hand in Hand. BioLogos explores God’s Word and God’s World to inspire authentic faith for today. The Rev. Dr. Timothy J. Keller, (1950-2023) pioneering Manhattan Evangelist, dies at 72.  Shunning fire and brimstone, he became a best-selling author and founded Redeemer Presbyterian Church, which drew in young New Yorkers.   Christianity Today wrote in 2006, “...Tim Keller will be remembered as a pioneer of the new urban Christians.” BioLogos President Deb Haarsma wrote: I’m grieving the death of Tim Keller last week. His wisdom and leadership had a profound impact on the church. Every time I read him, I was moved by how he articulated the core of the historic Christian faith while also showing its relevance for the needs of cities and the world today. He was driven by his heart for lost people. To reach them, he took the gospel out of Christian subcult...

Echo report published in Aleteia:  This ancient form of devotion is truly one of the gifts given to us as Catholics! May 17, in the month dedicated to Mary, Pope Francis noted three aspects of the Rosary that should motivate us to pray it regularly. How To Pray the Rosary at this site here . The Holy Father made this observation at the end of the general audience, in greetings to Arabic-speaking pilgrims. First, he said that the Rosary is a “compendium of the entire history of our salvation.” For many centuries the Christian faith was spread to many parts of the world through the Rosary, a completely biblical prayer . Without access to the printing press or readily available Bibles, the Rosary became the primary means of communicating the essence of Christianity. Learn more here . Then, the Pope noted, the “Holy Rosary is a powerful weapon against evil.” The Rosary’s power against Satan is something that many saints have noted, including Padre Pio and St. John Bosco . Finally, the...

Green Bay Wisconsin-   Bishop David L. Ricken announced that the national shrine will begin celebrating an annual Mass with the liturgical rank of solemnity every October 9. National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion, Wisconsin ,  A Marian shrine in rural northeast Wisconsin, the only shrine in the United States to be designated by the Catholic Church as an approved Marian apparition site, is changing its name. During a press conference April 20, Green Bay Bishop David L. Ricken announced the National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help will now be known as the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion . Read more about the history of this shrine in an article at this site here. Bishop David Ricken:  "After I was appointed here- Green Bay Wisconsin, before my installation, I took a little trip with some of the staff members, just to see the major highlights of the diocese, and they were telling me about the story behind the S hrine of Our Lady of Good Help in Champion . I was de...

Two Easter spiritual gifts received from our good friend Father John Michalowski, s.j., who was a priest in Maine for many years, then a pastor in New Hampshire, an Ignatius retreat director in Weston, Massachusetts and now serves in a Jesuit parish, Saint Peter's Catholic Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. Our Easter gifts from John included a stunning icon card depicting images from the Passion. I found the perfect frame for his card and now is included among my icon collections.   An stunning Easter card with iconic meditation on the Passion.   A copy of his homily to parishioners on the Second Sunday of Easter- also Eastern Rite Easter- April 15-16th: Second Sunday of Easter.A.2023 April 15, 2023 Today we encounter the one called “doubting Thomas.”  Although Jesus has appeared to the other disciples, Thomas will not believe – “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger into the nail marks and put my han...

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Holy Week starts off with lots of palms – but Palm Sunday’s donkey is just as important to the story. An essay published in The Conversation : By Joanna M. Pierce , a religious studies professor emeritus at the College of the Holy Cross. For the Catholic Church and many other Christian denominations, the Sunday before Easter marks the beginning of the most important week of the year – “Holy Week,” when Christians reflect on central mysteries of their faith: Christ’s Last Supper, crucifixion and resurrection from the dead. Palm Sunday commemorates the story of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem shortly before the Jewish holiday of Passover.  According to the Christian Gospels, people lined the streets to greet him, waving palm branches and shouting words of praise. As a specialist in Catholic liturgy and ritual , I think it’s clear that the deeper meaning of this Sunday is rooted in humility , rather than worldly veneration. Humble service to others is a theme that runs thr...

  Gabriel Rosset (b. November 28,1904-d. d. December 30 1974) Columbia Magazine Catholic Man of the Month is a saint for help to the homeless: Gabriel Rosset was born in 1904 in Champier, near La Côte-Saint-André, in Isère. He was born into a modest family of peasant origin. His father was a police officer. When a teacher in Lyon, France, he learned about the alarmingly high number of homeless men dying under the city's bridges after World War II.  He felt called to act.  The apostolate, he co-founded Notree-Dame des Sans Abri (Our Lady of the Homeless) - continues to serve thousands of people in need today. Gabriel Rosset was born in Champier, a commune in southeastern France. An exceptional student, he became a literature teacher at age 24.  Most of the 40-year teaching career was spent at the Lycee Alexandre Lacassagne in Lyon , where he later received the Legion of Honor award for education in 1965. As a young man, Rosset often joined other Catholic teachers and ...