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High School Youth Ministry Update!
Hello everyone! A new year of youth ministry is upon us and I'm very excited for it to begin. Youth ministry is one of the things I...
Fr. Bryan
Sep 29, 20153 min read
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Welcome Pope Francis!
The Pope is coming! Today, Tuesday September 22nd, Pope Francis will arrive in the United States for his first visit to our country. ...
Fr. Bryan
Sep 22, 20152 min read
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To Our Local High School Students...
Dear High Schoolers of Cowlitz and Wahkiakum Counties, I'm Fr. Bryan, and I'm the Catholic priest at St. Rose in Longview, Immaculate...
Fr. Bryan
Sep 2, 20154 min read
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Pope Francis Speaks Up...
Pope Francis recently published a new encyclical letter about our Christian duty to be good caretakers of the world in which we live. As...
Fr. Bryan
Aug 7, 20153 min read
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A Bad Reason to See Magic Mike XXL
Women know lust well. Many have been the victims of lust in at least one of a couple of ways. The obvious way is that beautiful women...
Fr. Bryan
Jun 29, 20152 min read
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Why Is Marriage So Difficult?
When I was in college my friends and I spent hours and hours and hours discussing marriage and sexuality in light of our Catholic faith. ...
Fr. Bryan
Jun 7, 20154 min read
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St. Justin the Martyr and Early Christian Worship
Justin the Martyr is one of the most famous Christians from the Early Church. Justin served the Church as an apologist, meaning that he...
Fr. Bryan
Jun 1, 20152 min read
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Faith And Sports
This Post originally appeared in our Bulletin on June 1, 2014 and more recently on March 15, 2015. Since many families struggle to...
Fr. Bryan
Mar 24, 20153 min read
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Fifty Shades of Boring
“Christian fulfills Ana’s request, beating her with a belt, only for Ana to realize that the two of them are incompatible. Devastated,...
Fr. Bryan
Jan 29, 20153 min read
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How Can We Know Things About God?
One of the common misconceptions about faith in our world is that we can’t really know anything about God. Ironically, this hasn’t...
Fr. Bryan
Jan 17, 20154 min read
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Merry Christmas!
This blog post originally appeared in our bulletin column on Christmas Day. Merry Christmas St. Rose and St. Catherine’s! Thank you for...
Fr. Bryan
Dec 25, 20143 min read
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HOW IT ALL WORKS
by Fr. Bryan Ochs Despite the fact that many Christians attend services regularly, few understand how the spiritual life works. ...
Fr. Bryan
Nov 26, 20142 min read
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