The season of Lent gives us many opportunities to reflect on the mystery of Suffering. Suffering is a hard topic to discuss and talk about even among relatives. But it is a reality of life. We all suffer in many different ways, including physical, mental, emotional, and moral. While medicine can seek to ease physical, mental, and emotional suffering, it cannot approach moral suffering. Also we suffer at different degrees. Click title for full column.

This Friday the radio station NASH 94.1 FM will be visiting the St. Matthias Fish Fry as part of their Lenten Catfish Fridays! Come join us for the fish and fun!

All women are invited to the Martha Mary Tea and Social at Our Lady of the Rosary Parish Activity Center (PAC) this Sunday, March 31, 12:30-2:30 pm.Tea, coffee and light refreshments will be served, we'll have fun together, and have an opportunity for some brief sharing. Click title for more information.

While I do quite a bit of reading in my spare time, I am the first to admit that not all of it is particularly edifying. While I don’t read irredeemable wastes of time like celebrity gossip magazines or, heaven forbid, Jane Austen novels, there are some literary habits of mine that just won’t die off. Chief among them are Wodehouse stories, certain spy novels, and other light, formulaic fare. Once I am used to an author’s style and I have read enough of his or her work, I can usually tell where the story is going long before it gets to the conclusion. Rather than being a letdown, it’s often comforting to see patterns emerge, especially since I’m usually just reading such things for my own enjoyment. But trends and patterns like these don’t emerge solely in the realm of easy reading; they are also found in the greatest literary collection the world has ever seen: Holy Scripture. Click on title for full column.

As I’m sure I’ve stated before, some of my fondest memories from childhood revolve around the Wednesday dinners we shared every week with my dad’s side of the family in St. Bernard. When it was someone’s birthday, they chose what Gogi Bern would make that evening. Otherwise, we would rotate through a selection of delightful home-cooking from our Grandma, with one notable exception: Ash Wednesday. Click title for full column.

St. Matthias 3/15-4/12 5:00 –7:00 pm Dine in

Our Lady of the Rosary 3/15-4/12 Dine In: 3/8, 3/22 & 4/5 5:30 - 7:00 pm Drive Thru: Every Friday

St. James of the Valley 3/15 5:00-7:30 pm

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8:30 am: Our Lady of the Rosary Mass
12:10 pm St. Matthias Mass
3:30 pm: OLR Ash Distribution Service
7:00 pm: St. James of the Valley Mass
7:00 pm: St. Matthias Ash Distribution Service

I have had a great love for education since at least high school. When teachers at Covington Latin asked me if I had any interest in being a priest, and there were several such teachers, I would always tell them that I wanted to be a teacher (and a baseball coach, which of course is a teacher of that most perfect art form). Some of the most formative experiences for me come from my two brief years as a teacher before entering seminary, and this week’s Gospel reminds me of perhaps the most impactful of them. Click on title for full column.

An extraordinary meeting in Rome between Pope Francis and representatives of the world’s bishops concluded this past Sunday. The purpose of this gathering was to address the great evil of clerical sexual abuse of minors, with particular focus on bishops who failed to appropriately deal with this abuse in their dioceses. Click on title for full event information.