For decades now, one of my favorite Scripture verses has been Sirach 6:14: "A faithful friend is a strong shelter; whoever finds one finds a treasure."  The meaning of faithful, there, I - and others - have long taken to mean trustworthy and loyal.  But  in recent years I have ...  //  LEARN MORE

Couched within the practice of our well-articulated faith, there is a deep, resounding silence - the counterbalance to our Palm Sunday revelry. Listen to the coming hush and ignominy of Holy Saturday: a day marked by the lack of liturgy, by the absence of the Eucharist, and by a ...  //  LEARN MORE

With the support of folks at the Archdiocese and along with St. Joseph in Lake Orion, St. Anastasia is in the beginning stages of piloting a new small-group discipleship initiative. The program is so new, it doesn’t even have one of those catchy AOD titles yet. (Together in ...  //  LEARN MORE

Over and over again, our God lets us know that we need to put Him first.  We hear this message in the first Commandment given to us through Moses; we hear it in this week's Gospel; we hear it when we attempt to live it and come to understand its glorious effects.  Putting God first ...  //  LEARN MORE

It was a storm-cloud kind of day.   I was annoyed.  Frustrated.  Irritated.  Over-taxed.  But, when asked to help a newcomer to our country with his email difficulties, I went.  Kneeling next to his desk, fiddling with the keyboard and mouse, I noticed the name of a dear friend ...  //  LEARN MORE