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Making the List
A Thanksgiving message from our Provincial Director Fr. Jeffrey Kirch, C.PP.S. This is the time of the year when we may make lists of all the things we are thankful for. I recently glanced at a thankfulness blog where the writer’s list of things that make her thankful...
Sit Up and Take Notice
Today we begin the first Sunday of Advent. There are two themes that keep being repeated during this season: we need to be ready for Jesus’ return or our own death. Both are going to happen but we do not know when. Is Jesus mean because he does not give us a heads-up...
Burning Bushes and Holy Ground
Fr. Gene Schnipke, C.PP.S., is the pastor of the Marion Catholic Community in and around Maria Stein, Ohio. Fr. Gene was featured in the November issue of the Catholic Telegraph, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, for his ministry as a former Air Force...
What Kind of a King?
What kind of king hangs on a cross? What kind of king is crowned with thorns? What kind of king is rejected, betrayed, denied? What kind of king indeed? David had led the Israelites out and brought them back victorious! David had been anointed by the prophet...
When the End Becomes a Beginning
Every November, as the liturgical year winds down and we head towards the Feast of Christ the King (on November 24 this year), the Sunday scripture readings begin to speak about the end times. But the focus of these readings is not really about the end of the world...






