Fr. Patrick E. Patterson, C.PP.S. October 11, 1938–September 26, 2022 Fr. Patrick Patterson, C.PP.S., 83, died at 10 p.m. on Monday, September 26, 2022, in the infirmary at St. Charles Center, Carthagena, Ohio. He had been in failing health. He was born on October 11,...
Lazarus and the Rich Man by Jacopo Bassano By Fr. Steve Dos Santos, C.PP.S. And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus (Luke 16:20). One of the things that I learned early on in Biblical studies was to pay attention to names as they appear in Biblical texts....
By Fr. Joe Uecker, C.PP.S. You just died. You come before the throne of God. God doesn’t say much of anything. God just looks at you with love. What gets you is when you look around and see who is there! You see Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Sadam Hussein, the shooter...
By Fr. Dennis Chriszt, C.PPS. I came to St. Charles Center in Carthagena, Ohio, in June 2021, having undergone foot surgery from which I would need some time, specialized care and physical therapy to recover. I moved temporarily into a room in the infirmary, where...
By Brother Tom Bohman, C.PP.S. It was the summer of 1958, and I was eight years old. My brother and I decided to build a fort of sticks and wood on the north part of our farm near Osgood, Ohio. It was one of those moments of freedom and we worked on the fort for about...
