by Staff | Nov 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
As a college freshman at Indiana University, I lived in a dorm referred to as an “Academic Unit”. Theoretically, all of us who lived in this unit were serious about our studies, and we could anticipate quieter hallways and a more studious atmosphere. Unfortunately,...
by Staff | Oct 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
My brother has a clock on his wall that I have always appreciated. All the numbers have toppled down into a jumbled pile at the bottom. Across the face in large letters it says simply, “WHATEVER.” If you have been at St. Michael’s for any length of time, you are...
by Staff | Oct 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
I am sure you have similar memories as mine of playing with friends after school. When I was growing up, I was fortunate enough to live in a small semi-rural town in middle England where children could run outside in the afternoon and evening. We lived in a house at...
by Staff | Oct 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
“But we have little enough for ourselves!” In the folk tale Stone Soup, this is the villagers’ reaction when they see three strangers walking toward their town. So, what do they do? They hurry to hide all their food and hope the strangers pass through...
by Staff | Oct 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
The theme of this year’s stewardship campaign is to Realize Stewardship Via Pledge. A pledge is a commitment, a promise, a way of “realizing” (making real) our spiritual discipline of stewardship. There is a plainly practical way to describe the...
by Staff | Oct 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
Salvation – a beautiful gift given to the world by God Himself. The Father sent his only Son to earth, a God and King of all creation, to be born as a man whose purpose was to be a blameless sacrifice for the sins of humanity. He was the consummate sacrificial lamb,...
by Staff | Sep 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
This is a great time of the year, the new program has just started – Yipee !!! Even better, now is the time for stewardship which gives us an opportunity to contemplate how we can praise God for all our blessings. There is a tendency to think of stewardship as giving...
