Every Sunday morning, sacristan Chris Devaney enters a dark and quiet St. Augustine Church. He prays, then starts down the east side of the church, visiting the Stations of the Cross before opening the doors. “St. Thérèse is back there, so I spend some time with her,” he said. He …
In preaching, I frequently point out that when we find a passage of Sacred Scripture that shocks or disturbs us, we need to really explore the meaning of those words. There is always a deep truth there. This Sunday we have an excellent example of surprising, and challenging words from …
Our first reading today speaks of the persecution of the prophet Jeremiah by the Israelites of his time – persecution for standing by, and speaking, the truth that God had revealed to him. Jeremiah’s fidelity to God was first and foremost in his life as it should be in our …
The next time you pass through the parking lot of St. Frances Cabrini Church, imagine it as a schoolyard. It was the schoolyard for Carmela Rosch, a native of Ocean City who was born in 1929 and attended the original St. Augustine Catholic School in a building that once stood …
(Written by Father Sanjeeb Kumar Nayak) In today’s first reading from the book of Revelation, John, the presumed author of the book, is narrating about a woman with dazzling cloth and about to deliver a child, who would be the Saviour of the world. In the second reading, we hear …
A visitor to the home of Maria Cayetano will be greeted first by an outdoor statue of the Blessed Mother. The statue was put there by the previous residents, but when it was time to move, the statue could not be loosened from the ground, so it stayed behind. Now, …
