What is a Saint? Better yet, we can ask, “Who can be a Saint?” We know that the answer is each and every one of us. Yes, we do have canonized saints in the Catholic Church. They are recognized in this special way to be an example of faith for everyone. The challenge for us as we think about our traditional Feast of All Saints on November 1st is to remember that we are challenged by their example to live lives of faith and commitment ourselves. As we strive for sainthood

We know that there are many ways in which Christianity is expressed in our world today. The Ecumenical movement is the attempt for various Christian communities, including the Catholic Church, to work together in dialogue and service. We will be observing Reformation Day this coming October 31. We can see divisions in Christianity between Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant communities as a sad part of our history, or we can recognize how important it is to work together with a

We continue to observe Respect Life month in This is World Mission Sunday weekend. We remember the invitation of Jesus to go out and “teach all nations”. Our missionary efforts around the world are very important. We want to bring a message of faith and hope to as many people as possible. We can trace the origins of our own faith in Christ to that original missionary work of the Apostles. So we are called to be Missionary Disciples in our own time. However we support the miss

October 3-4 is Respect Life Sunday weekend. We think of our Church’s faith commitment to the dignity and value of human life from “natural beginning to natural end”. We want to continue especially for an end to abortion, euthanasia, unjust warfare and capital punishment, which all have been identified by our faith community as threats to the dignity of human life. We know and believe that life is truly a gift from God. Jesus valued every person to whom he ministered in his