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Who Can Assist at a Catholic Marriage?

Bulletin Q&A published 9-4-22: In extreme cases, can a lay person conduct a wedding? This is a very interesting question because we first must stop and consider what we mean by

Conversations in Church

Bulletin Q&A published 8-28-22: Is it wrong to have lengthy conversations (before mass) in the church? The General Instruction on the Roman Missal answers this one pretty clearly for us.

Disposal of Religious Articles

Bulletin Q&A published 8-21-22: How should religious articles such as Bibles, missals, and rosaries be disposed of when they are tattered, worn beyond use, or broken? What about palms given out on Palm Sunday? Disposing of religious articles, especially blessed or consecrated articles, is a serious issue to consider. Canon Law states:

Are You Perplexing?

Homily, 8-29-22; Passion of John the Baptist: Do people find you perplexing? Causing someone to be perplexed can be a bad thing or a good thing. I think Jenni is often perplexed by my words or actions, and usually not in a good way. But in today

Foreigner or Subject

Homily, 8-8-22; Monday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time: Are we subjects or are we foreigners? In today

Monk Question

Bulletin Q&A published 8-7-22: Is a monk a priest or a brother? And what is a friar? This is a much more involved question than it first appears. In general there are three states of life for members of the Church: clergy, religious, and laity. The clergy consists of men who have been ordained, i.e.… Continue reading Monk Question

Sojourning

Homily, 8-7-22; Sunday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time: Our second reading this morning speaks about faith and hope. Hoping for something that you can

Beware of False Prophets

Homily, 8-1-22; Monday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time: Today we heard the entire 28th chapter of the book of the prophet Jeremiah. And we heard about the conflict between Jeremiah and the false prophet, Hananiah. We heard about wooden yokes and iron yokes. And it can sound a little confusing if we don