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Why Do Catholics Observe Lent?
So do not worry and say, ‘What are we to eat?’ or ‘What are we to drink?’ or ‘What are we to wear?’ All these things the pagans seek....
Fr. Bryan
Feb 27, 20173 min read


Immigration: Some Cases to Consider
This is not intended to be a thorough discussion of National Security and immigration. It is only to raise awareness of how certain...
Fr. Bryan
Feb 18, 20173 min read


Catholicism: Pivotal Players
As Catholics, we love to celebrate what God has done through his Church, especially in the lives of real people. We celebrate the lives...
Fr. Bryan
Jan 3, 20172 min read


Racist Vandalism at St. Rose
As you have likely heard, a serious act of vandalism occurred on St. Rose Church property early Monday morning. Specifically, there was...
Fr. Bryan
Nov 4, 20163 min read


Mother Teresa and Her Critics
A couple of weeks ago Catholics around the world celebrated the Canonization of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. What was surprising to many...
Fr. Bryan
Sep 19, 20164 min read


Sick of Politics? We Understand.
Many Americans are very unhappy about the ideological division in our country, which seems to be widening every day. Furthermore, many...
Fr. Bryan
Jul 19, 20162 min read


Bad Naked
This one contains adult themes. Some of you might be uncomfortable reading it. Reader discretion is advised. Much of the content was...
Fr. Bryan
Jun 23, 20165 min read


Why Do Catholics Worship on Sunday?
Some people object to the traditional Christian practice of gathering on Sunday as a community to worship God, believing that Saturday is...
Fr. Bryan
Jun 17, 20163 min read


Early Christians Comment on the Eucharist
Last Sunday we celebrated the feast of The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, or Corpus Christi, as it is commonly called in Latin. In...
Fr. Bryan
Jun 1, 20163 min read


Secularization and Loneliness
One of the trends of our rapidly secularizing society is a rapid increase of loneliness. Observers in Great Britain are catching on. ...
Fr. Bryan
May 11, 20165 min read


Thoughts On Raising Your Kids Catholic
A lot of people my age aren’t raising their children in the Church. Some aren’t even having their children baptized. One common reason...
Fr. Bryan
Mar 29, 20163 min read


Darkness
Last week we celebrated the second “Scrutiny Rite” at the 9am mass at St. Rose. These are special prayers that we pray for our...
Fr. Bryan
Mar 11, 20163 min read


Lent and the Battle Against False Gods
Last week we heard a small portion of St. Paul’s letter the Philippians that really struck me, and I thought I’d recap and expand on a...
Fr. Bryan
Feb 27, 20163 min read


Something Different for Lent
Lent is already almost here! Ash Wednesday is February 10th, which begins our annual forty day observance of prayer and penance in...
Fr. Bryan
Feb 4, 20163 min read


Archdiocese Discloses Names of Child Sex Abusers
Last weekend at St. Rose I made an important announcement about sexual abuse and our Catholic Church. Sexual abuse is a scourge on our...
Fr. Bryan
Jan 18, 20166 min read


Is The Catholic Mass Bible Based?
Growing up Catholic I went to Mass often. I was really familiar with the parts of the Mass. I knew everything I was supposed to say and...
Fr. Bryan
Dec 17, 20153 min read


Sexual Abuse, Catholic Priests, and the Film, "Spotlight"
Last week I drove down to Cinetopia in Vancouver to see the critically acclaimed film Spotlight, which tells the story of the team of...
Fr. Bryan
Dec 10, 20154 min read


Why You Should Go To Confession
Confessing sins to priests is an important part of being Catholic. Despite its importance, it remains a much underappreciated and often...
Fr. Bryan
Nov 30, 20154 min read


Welcome to Formed.org!
As we announced last weekend at Mass, we recently purchased a subscription to Formed.org which contains many resources that you can use...
Fr. Bryan
Nov 3, 20153 min read


The Vatican, That Gay Priest, and Celibacy
Let’s have a little refresher on priestly celibacy and why our Church practices it, especially in light of the recent news story about a...
Fr. Bryan
Oct 5, 20153 min read
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