This Week
I am not sure where this week went. If anyone knows where it has gone please let me know. The week started with great promise but like most things the whe...
Author: Fr. Peter
Being Right is not always Right
I am what could be described as a political wonk. I am the guy who sits up on election night and colors in the map as the results are announced. I watch all of ...
13 December ~ Herman of Alaska
Our venerable father Herman of Alaska (1756 – December 13, 1837) was an 18th century missionary to Alaska. He, in 1970, became the first saint to be glori...
X-mas or Christmas
Each year this debate seems to boil as we draw closer to Christmas. I have always been one who has gone on the war path for Christmas displays around Town...
Church Protest
I believe wholeheartedly in the right to practice ones religion and the right of free speech but the folks at the Westboro Baptist Church have gone too far.&nbs...
Taxes
Let me start by saying taxes are a necessary evil. The past few weeks all of the attention has been focused on the Bush tax cuts and their extension. Whil...
Heroes
I have been giving some thought to what it means to be a hero and who we should look up too when we talk about our heroes. I turned to my dictionary to ge...
30 Years Ago, The Day the Music Died
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Integrity
This past week saw Chuck Turner removed from the Boston City Council after being convicted of taking a bribe. This was the first time in the 100 year history of...
5 December ~ Savas the Sanctified
This Saint was born in 439 in Moutalaska, a small village of Cappadocia. He entered the arena of the monastic life from childhood and was under that master trai...