The Baptism of the Lord
January 12, 2020
Leif Kehrwald

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In its analysis of more than 50,000 homilies and sermons, the Pew Research Center found that, on average, Catholic homilies are 14 minutes long, while mainline Protestant sermons are 25 minutes, Evangelical Christian sermons are 39 minutes, and in the African American Protestant tradition – wait for it – 54 minutes. 

The Epiphany of the Lord
January 5, 2020
Fr Elwin  Schwab

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Feast of the Holy Family
December 29, 2019
Sr Phyllis Jaszkowiak

​Merry Christmas!  We have just celebrated the birth of Jesus.  A season in which we wish happiness, joy, love and peace to relatives, friends and to the whole world.  Leif, in his Christmas Reflections reminded us that Christ comes to bring light instead of darkness, peace instead of war, and joy instead of depression.  He also invited us to remember when we heard angels sing in our hearts.

Christmas
December 25, 2019
Leif Kehrwald

Merry Christmas! My name is Leif Kehrwald, Parish Pastoral Administrator here at St. Charles. Welcome to those of you who are visiting. We are very pleased you are here today.

Fourth Sunday of Advent
December 22, 2019
Fr Elwin Schwab

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Feast of Our Lady of Guadelupe
Third Sunday of Advent
December 15, 2019
Fr Elwin Schwab

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Second Sunday of Advent
December 8, 2019
Leif Kehrwald

Change. In a word, that’s what our readings today are all about.
 
Isaiah dreams of a BIG change!
Then the wolf shall be a guest of the lamb,
and the leopard shall lie down with the kid;
the calf and the young lion shall browse together,
with a little child to guide them.

First Sunday of Advent
December 1, 2019
Sr Phyllis Jaszkowiak

St. Hildegard of Bingen, a 12th century mystic, has this to say to us:  “God is music; God is life that nurtures every creature in its kind.  Our God is the song of the angel throng and the splendor of secret ways hid from all humankind.  God our life is the life of all.”

Feast of Christ the King
November 24, 2019
Fr Elwin Schwab

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33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
November 17, 2019
Sr. Phyllis Jaszkowiak

If headlines were relevant in biblical times, today’s readings might have these headlines.  All the proud and evildoers are stubble!  Fire claims them!  Neither root nor branch is left!  The Jerusalem temple is destroyed!  No stone upon a stone is left!  Demagogues rule the earth, lies seem to be reality!  War is declared again!  Earthquakes, famines and plagues are rampant!  Truth tellers are sent to prison! No one is safe anymore!