View from the Ambo/Mercy With Teeth

The Narrative of the transfiguration is read every Second Sunday of Lent. Jesus takes Peter, James, and John up Mount Tabor. The landscape i...

In the weeks of Lent, I will be writing a paragraph or two of the core of my Sunday homily. I plan on giving a series on types of prayer tha...

Some have recently asked about living wills. health care directives, and moral issues around end of life. The Minnesota Catholic Conference...

We join in the final day of our novena. NINTH DAY (Saturday, Vigil of Pentecost) Thou, on those who evermore Thee confess and Thee Adore, in...

As I depart, I want to share some things I have learned about vocations these last years. While mostly random thoughts, I hope that these c...

I have posted a new Vocations View Newsletter (May 2014).

The Instistute for Religious life has just released a new webpage - check out their   Home  Page!

O Most Holy Trinity! As many times as I breathe, as many times as my heart beats, as many times as my blood pulsates through my body, so m...

I have updated the Prayer folder  and Prayer Calendar .  Enjoy!

I have posted the Fall Seminarian Information and Poster  . Enjoy!

I have just uploaded the new prayer calendar folder and Prayer Calendar (monthly View) . Download it by right-clicking on it!

I have posted the June '13 edition of the Vocation View Newsletter . Enjoy!

As he has in the past, the Cardinal who is head of the Congregation of the Clergy, has released a letter addressed to seminarians .

The prodigal father is an extravagant lover of both his sons. But both sons have a fatal flaw in their thinking. The first son, the young...

It is good that we are here! St. Peter recognizes he is the presence of the Holy one of God, and desires to stay. As soon as he says this...

For some good examinations of conscience , check out this site. Look for the Confession Leaflets, and download and print the appropriate on...

The KCs are hosting a prayer campaign for the Pope at Prayer for the Church . Please check it out: O Lord Jesus Christ, Supreme Pastor of Y...

Margaret McHugh, Director of Youth Ministry and Associate Director of Vocations of the Diocese of New Ulm, has set up a daily text message s...

I have posted the new prayer calendar for March through August. I also posted the Full-page calendars, too.

ZENIT - Cardinal Piacenza's Letter to Mothers of Priests and Seminarians : ROME, January 2, 2013 (Zenit.org). Here is a translation of t...