Blog - June 2021

Looking for a new podcast? Skip yet another true crime one and try one that is produced locally, features local hosts and guests, and leverages the academic powerhouse that is the Center for Catholic Studies. Fr. Hagan explores "Deep Down Things", the format of the show, and why we as a culture need to move beyond simple surface level perceptions of this world.

We've been talking a lot lately about dialogue and how we talk past each other so often - be it social media or in-person. Following up her last post "How to Fail at Dialogue", Sarah Carter takes a look at Pope Francis' book "Let Us Dream" and how we can start to fix our dialogue as a society.

The Archdiocese and its priests will be gathering for a biennial assembly in June. With most of our priests out of town, we called around to find out which parishes will still be able to offer Mass & Confession during the week! Let us know if you find others.

"The opposite of boredom is love". That is a challenging quote from Pope Emeritus Benedict the XVI, especially in an age where two-day shipping seems slow and Netflix spinning for a few seconds seems like ages. But what is boredom? Nick Vance jumps into this exact question in the first part of his new series for MSP Catholic.

We've recently celebrated Pentecost and while it is celebrated in the middle of the Liturgical year, Pentecost is, in some ways, the end of a season. The period from Advent to Pentecost is one of the most important times in the Church as well as a symbol for Salvation History. Fr. Hagan dives into the meaning of world history.