Reflections by Fr. Bill Heric

Dear Friends in Christ, While speaking at Mass this week to some of our students at St. Catherine’s School, I told them something that caught them by surprise. The celebration of Holy Week, which culminates in Easter, is more important than Christmas. Continue reading...

Dear Friends in Christ, One of the current affairs uniting worldwide Catholic leaders is the church’s solidarity with the plight of immigrants throughout the world. From Pope Leo XIV to the U.S. Bishops, our church leadership stands together in affirming the Catholic position on the treatment of immigrants throughout the world, including the United States.

Dear Friends in Christ, The three schools in our family of parishes are actively engaged in registering new and returning students for the 26-27 academic year. In addition to enrollment contracts, families receive a schedule of key dates for the next school year so they can mark significant occasions on their family calendars. Continue reading...

Dear Friends in Christ, I have been blessed to live through the pontificates of several popes in the Roman Catholic Church. The word “pontiff” means bridge builder. Both Popes John XXIII and Paul VI offered special encouragement to the church and world of their times. They had lived through two world wars and experienced the spread of the “Cold War” and its escalation of weapons of mass destruction. Continue reading...