Category Archives: Pastor’s Note

This week, the opening of churches became a political issue. In Minnesota, a set of overly restrictive guidelines from Gov. Tim Walz that seemed to single-out religious bodies prompted the bishops of that state to defy their governor and issue their own guidelines in contradiction to his.[1] On the federal level, President Trump spent theContinue reading “May 26, 2020 – Pastor’s Note”

One of the things that has impressed me most during the shutdown is how our parishioners have been looking out for each other. This first became obvious to me when, every time I would send an e-mail announcing that I would be bringing communion to a certain neighborhood, I would inevitably have a couple moreContinue reading “May 18, 2020 – Pastor’s Note”

I have received incredible consolation over the last three weeks as I have driven around Bellingham to provide the Eucharist to our parishioners or as I have received different families on the back porch of the parish offices for Eucharistic visits. First and foremost, this is because people are receiving the sacraments, even in lockdown!Continue reading “May 11, 2020 – Pastor’s Note”

For me, the most surreal experiences during this crisis have been when things are not, for a moment, surreal. The world is ending, right? This is one of those historic plagues that you read about in history books, is it not? We did voluntarily shut down our economy, didn’t we? And yet, something normal hasContinue reading “May 04, 2020 – Pastor’s Note”