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Faith

Make a point to come in contact with creation this week

When was the last time that you scooped up a handful of lake water? Felt the cool, refreshment of one of nature’s most vital gifts? When was the last time you got your nose into a handful of soil? Enjoyed its earthy aroma! Felt its velvety nature as it slipped through the cracks of your ...

Joyous parking lot moment reminds that some holy work looks different

The other night I was leaving work, just as the evening sun was taking its turn downward. Another 12-hour day at the emergency shelter, a typical schedule these past 10 months as we’ve worked to turn things around. I was pulling out of our parking lot, and out of the corner of my eye, I saw ...

Politically motivated violence doesn’t come from Jesus

We are living in the most politically violent period in our country since the deadly 1960s. Assassinations, shootings, physical and verbal intimidation. The list is long. Just in recent history, an extremist shot and killed a Minnesota state representative and also shot another state ...

Faith Briefs for June 13

Support group June 25 at Carlin Hall A support group for miscarriage, stillborn or early infant loss will be from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, June 25, in Carlin Hall at Holy Redeemer Church. Come listen, share and be supported wherever you are in your grieving process. St. Leo church dinner The ...

When it comes to friendship, nothing beats a good stick

I’ve written about our 3-year-old husky mix rescue before. About his anxieties which make him seem less than friendly, and frankly which have inspired a curse word or two around home. But the other night I witnessed him make a new friend in the most beautiful of ways. I walk our dogs on ...

Faith Briefs for June 6

CDA meeting Monday The Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court #1291 will be having a meeting following the 5:30 p.m. Mass Monday at Holy Redeemer. There will be a potluck supper in Carlin Hall to show appreciation for the priests. Meeting at St. Clotilde Cemetery All parishioners of the ...