By traditional standards, this Lent has not gone well for me. The only penance or additional practice I took on was adding Wednesday as a fast day, and even that entails little more than purposefully skipping lunch. I was faithful to it, sure, but I fast most Fridays of the year anyway, so it wasn’tContinue reading “March 26, 2021 – Pastor’s Note”
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March 19, 2021 – Pastor’s Note
With Spring weather beginning, I recently took a couple of walks around Bellingham, which were really the first walking tours I had taken since I arrived here (apart from the periodic trips to Arliss’s). I have been particularly fascinated by Whatcom Creek and following it from Bellingham Bay inland. This, of course, led me toContinue reading “March 19, 2021 – Pastor’s Note”
March 12, 2021 – Pastor’s Note
On March 11, 2020, Archbishop Etienne suspended the public celebration of Mass in our Archdiocese due to the emerging COVID-19 pandemic. He was the first bishop in the country to take this step, but he was quickly followed by every other bishop in the country. It was a shocking, though necessary, move that rocked usContinue reading “March 12, 2021 – Pastor’s Note”
March 05, 2021 – Pastor’s Note
I recently had a conversation with the Archbishop about the possibility of getting an advanced degree in Canon Law. I have a passion for the laws of the Church and have made this known to my superiors since seminary, so it was not surprising that, now that Archbishop Etienne has gotten settled here in theContinue reading “March 05, 2021 – Pastor’s Note”
Fr. Moore 