Ministry
COVID-19: A pastor’s perspective: Moving Forward with Ministry
Father David J. Bonnar 1
These past two months have brought many of our lives to a grinding halt like a moving train suddenly stopped on the tracks. Due to the stay-at-home orders, school and church buildings are closed, businesses are shuttered, airport runways have become parking lots for aircraft and, if people are working, most of them are doing Read More
COVID-19: A pastor’s perspective: First-time Experiences during the Pandemic
Father David J. Bonnar 0
The first time we do something can be both exhilarating and frightening. Regardless of our age or state in life, there are often, in the course of our days, first-time experiences that are new and different. Sometimes just watching someone enter into a first-time experience can be inspiring and even renewing. In my nearly 16 Read More
Faith in a Roaring Wave
Father David J. Bonnar 0
If you have ever been to the ocean, then you know how fierce a wave can be. A roaring wave can literally take someone down. Most of us have never faced the force of a devastating wave. Such a wave pales in comparison to the huge wave rolling across the globe right now. The novel Read More
Ministry During COVID-19
Father Brian Conley 0
Conducting ministry in the face of a potentially devastating disease requires us to find ways to offer a healing, compassionate touch without succumbing to either the extreme of only cavalierly considering the disease or allowing fear to completely isolate us. How do we, knowing that we are susceptible to the COVID-19 virus, imitate Jesus in Read More
From Nowhere to Somewhere
Father David J. Bonnar 0
My hometown, because of its vast array of bridges spanning three rivers, is often called “The City of Bridges.” One of those bridges was constructed in the early 1960s and became known as “The Bridge to Nowhere,” because right-of-ways had not yet been secured and the bridge did not connect to the north side of Read More
Serving Multiple Parishes
Sister Katarina Schuth 0
Accepting change is difficult in so many instances, especially when something new and different does not seem to be moving in a positive direction. For Catholics in the United States, changes have been rapid and often challenging in recent years, especially when they affect the life and worship of a parish. For literally thousands of Read More
Encountering Jesus Is for All
Father David J. Bonnar 0
In his apostolic exhortation Evangelii Gaudium (“The Joy of the Gospel”), Pope Francis extends an invitation. He writes, “I invite all Christians, everywhere, at this very moment, to a renewed personal encounter with Jesus Christ, or at least an openness to letting him encounter them; I ask all of you to do this unfailingly each Read More
Unworried
Dr. Gregory Popcak 0
We live in anxious times. According to the National Institute for Mental Health, 20% of Americans are diagnosed with some type of anxiety disorder every year. Of course, this number only represents those people who receive treatment. Research by the Anxiety and Depression Association of America estimates that fully 63% of people who experience anxiety Read More