Please Don’t Tell Me Quite often, church officials, when told by parishioners about something that is not in-line with ecclesial norms (even if they agree with it), will say: “Please, don’t tell me…” The issue might center around what they’ve chosen to do with the...
Site logo image UPON THIS ROCK Spirit in the Sky Father Don Farnan Jun 25 Next to Danny Boy, undertakers report that Norman Greenbaum’s Spirit in the Sky is the most requested funeral song for services marking the end of life. When the Jesus Rebellion was overtaking...
UPON THIS ROCK What I’m Doing & Why Nearly a year ago, I was transferred from Saint Charles Borromeo Parish in Kansas City’s northland to Rockhurst University in midtown, along with some neighboring parishes. Returning to my alma mater after forty years and to...
Truth’s Long Journey When Bella Baumfree changed her name to Sojourner Truth in 1843 after being sold and bought four times, suffering decades of enslavement, beatings, rapes, whippings, harsh physical labor, and violent punishment, she was inscribed with a new...
UPON THIS ROCK Eucharistic Revival Father Don Farnan Jun 6 The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is initiating a three-year Eucharistic revival this month to encourage Catholics and others to grow closer to Jesus through holy communion. The effort...
May turns to June, schools close and pools open, baseball diamonds promise fields of dreams, lake activity multiplies and amplifies, summer vacations begin, and children frolic in an age of innocence. As George and Ira Gershwin wrote, “Summertime and the livin’ is...
