UPON THIS ROCK Love Is In The Air Love is in the air on Valentine’s Day. According to legends surrounding the saint for whom this day is named, he encouraged courtship and marriage among young couples of his time while the local emperor discouraged soldiers from...
Father Don Farnan Feb 9 Strengthened by recent gridiron mettle and fortified by local beliefs, we’re incentivized by the determination of the Kansas City Chiefs. The injury list was extensive: many side-lined, while others play in pain, amidst fractures, dislocations,...
PHILLY In my senior year of college, the Kansas City Royals went to the World Series for the first time but lost the fall classic to the team from Philadelphia, four games to two. That was forty-two years ago—a long time to hold on to something. But that’s what...
Father Don Farnan Jan 26 I am no expert on yoga. But I know that some people think it’s focus is Hindu spirituality that promotes pantheism, the belief that everything is God and God is everything (“pan” means all and “theos” means God). For them, physical poses...
THE POOR WILL BE WITH US ALWAYS Earlier this week, urban parishes in Kansas City came together to commemorate and celebrate the birth and life of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., his mission, ministry, and message. King knew that injustice will be with us...
ENGAGEMENT Increasing numbers of engaged couples do not have a parish in which to host their wedding or they get told by a church official that they don’t qualify for the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony for various reasons, e.g., they’re not registered members, they’re...
