Author: Fr. Peter
My First Children’s Sermon
You may think this odd that I have been a priest for 10 years and never preached a Children’s sermon before this, but it is true. My parish really never had ch...
#Giving Tuesday: Help Us Continue The Mission
On Tuesday, December 2, 2014, you can help my parish launch a new tradition by joining a movement that celebrates human generosity called #GivingTuesday. WeR...
Giving Thanks
I truly love this time of year – it is in fact “the most wonderful time of the year.” Wait, wait it is not time for Christmas songs just yet!...
Text of Joint Declaration Signed by Pope and Ecumenical Patriarch
Vatican City, November 30, 2014 (Zenit.org) | Here below is the Vatican-provided text of the joint declaration signed by Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch B...
Less is More
For the last few weeks I have been participating in the 40 Days of Pastoral Blogging exercise established by my friend Fr. John Peck. He has been giving us ide...
Presidential Proclamation — Thanksgiving Day, 2014
THANKSGIVING DAY, 2014 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Thanksgiving Day ...
Violence in America
I have not watched much of the coverage of the violence in Ferguson Missouri and other cities around the country. On Tuesday I waited for the announcement of t...
The First Thanksgiving Proclamation
June 20, 1676 “The Holy God having by a long and Continual Series of his Afflictive dispensations in and by the present Warr with the Heathen Natives of t...
1783 Thanksgiving Proclamation
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. By His EXCELLENCY John Hancock, Esq. GOVERNOR of the COMMONWEALTH of Massachusetts. A PROCLAMATION, For a Day of Public Thanksgiv...