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Let’s talk about voting.
Jesus isn’t running for public office this year. Neither is His mother. That means we can stop looking for the perfect candidate. From the perspective of the Catholic faith, the perfect candidate isn’t out there. Archbishop Robert J. Carlson writes about forming one’s conscience to prepare to vote. Click on the link to read more.
Continue ReadingSponsor the 2019 McMahon Basketball Tournament
The 2019 McMahon Basketball Tournament runs Wednesday, Feb. 20, through Sunday, March 3, with games every night. Become a Sponsor Purchase an ad in the tournament booklet and your ad will be seen by more than 2,500 basketball coaches, players and fans from around the St. Louis area, including teams from Shrewsbury, Webster Groves, Kirkwood, […]
Continue ReadingEarn a Donation for St. Michael by Shopping with AmazonSmile
Did you know that St. Michael could be receiving a donation every time you shop on Amazon? For eligible purchases through AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price to St. Michael. The AmazonSmile Foundation is a 501(c)(3) private foundation created by Amazon to administer the AmazonSmile program. All donation amounts generated […]
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2018 Advent Schedule
As we begin Advent, we begin a new liturgical year, and in the midst of the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, we focus on beginning anew in our preparation for Christ to come into our hearts. Here at St. Michael’s, we have a number of different opportunities for you to do this! Wednesday […]
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Eucharistic Prayer I: The Long One (or is it?)
One of the fond memories I have from my time in the college seminary was our friendly rivalry between those of Irish descent, and the better ones of German descent (I’ll let you guess which one “Grosch” is…). But we Germans would pride ourselves in our knack for German efficiency, the maximum output for the […]
Continue ReadingOrder St. Michael Apparel
The St. Michael Athletic Association is pleased to announce it will have an online team store with many different items available until Dec. 3 through Sportsprint. The list of apparel includes shirts, hoodies, ¼ zips, jackets, and accessories. The only caveat is that when the store closes, we will not be able to reopen. Any item ordered […]
Continue ReadingEucharistic Prayer I (The Big Kahuna)
All right, here she is – the Big Kahuna, Eucharistic Prayer I. <Editorial comment commencing> The other Eucharistic Prayers are beautiful and stuffed with important truths of our faith, but next to this one, they seem like child’s play. This prayer is the oldest, it’s the longest, and it’s jam-packed with stuff…which also means that generally, […]
Continue ReadingYour Prayer Checklist
Do you ever get people who ask you to pray for them? This can happen all the time. One of the things I try to do to help myself remember is to keep a little checklist of people to pray for, and run through the list before I pray each day. But let’s just say […]
Continue ReadingBad Shepherds in our Catholic Church
“Woe to the shepherds who mislead and scatter the flock of my pasture, says the Lord.” We heard these words in our first reading from the Book of Jeremiah this past weekend, and they definitely hit close to home. I got home at 11:30 pm the night before, or I would have preached about this […]
Continue ReadingThe Oblation of the Heart
Well, there they go again. Just as you’re sitting down with your coffee to enjoy this wonderful bulletin article (because you’re not reading it during Mass, right? Right???), they have to go throw more vocabulary in there – “Oblation.” So what’s an oblation? Well, the best way to think about it is that an oblation […]
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