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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, 2015


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, 2015


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, 2015


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, 2015


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, 2015


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, 2014


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, 2014
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