• Masses Changes Beginning in June
Laurie Russell Pickert
MASS CHANGES THIS MONTH We thank you all for your kind patience, understanding, and consideration of safety for yourself and others as we move through the COVID-19 pandemic. Beginning the weekend of June 5 & 6, we plan to resume the celebration of Mass as we had before the pandemic. We will continue to live […]
• Blog: Love, Accept, Faults, Sins
Laurie Russell Pickert
Love, Accept, Faults, Sins I found this homily from 2013 where Father Clay examines the “I am not worthy” phrase. I wanted to share it now in case anyone needed a reframe on worthiness. Also, this morning I met with an old colleague and explained this blog -and this language was the most potent example […]
• Blog: Yoga, centering prayer, and the Eucharist
Laurie Russell Pickert
Yoga, centering prayer, and the Eucharist This homily excerpt from Father Clay speaks to the idea of coming to the Eucharist just as we are. I celebrate that idea, that we don’t have to check all the obedience and purity boxes to show up for communion. It is there for us no matter what. Dear People […]
• Archdiocesan Pentecost Vigil Mass
Laurie Russell Pickert
Archdiocesan Pentecost Vigil Mass May 22nd at 6pm at St. Bonaventure Catholic Church, Bloomington Join Archbishop Hebda, Bishop Cozzens and the charismatic groups of the Archdiocese at this special Mass, which marks the beginning of Year 3 of the Archdiocesan Synod process. Mass will be held outdoors. Please bring your own chair or blanket. […]
• Blog: Look Around, Look Around
Laurie Russell Pickert
DearPeopleWhomGodLoves Blog “Look around, look around” My theme song this week is from the Hamilton soundtrack: “The Schuyler Sisters” are prowling lower Manhattan singing “how lucky we are to be alive right now.” My family and I weren’t in the greatest city in the world last week, but we were on the greatest of the […]
• Archbishop Hebda Statement Regarding Guilty Verdict in Derek Chauvin Trial
Kim Myers
Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda The verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer now convicted on all counts as a result of his role in the death of George Floyd last spring, is a sobering moment for our community. The decision by a jury of peers punctuates the grief that has […]
• Blog: Anti-racism and the spiritual journey
Laurie Russell Pickert
DearPeopleWhomGodLoves Blog “Anti-racism and the spiritual journey” “Anti-racism” was a new word for me in 2020. I have so much to learn. I have so much to rewire in terms of my own understanding of privilege and systemic oppression. And of the fear that lives in a body and keeps it from sitting still in times […]
• Blog: A Good Friday Reflection on Sin
Laurie Russell Pickert
A Good Friday Reflection on Sin Father Clay’s perspective on sin has always resonated with me. He has helped me think of “sin” as the anxiety, suffering and pain we carry in ourselves or inflict on others. When I hear that God forgives sins, for me that means I have permission to stop beating myself up […]
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