While out to dinner this past week, the presence of four priests at a table caught the attention of another diner. He came over and ...

As some of you may have already heard, our Holy Father, Pope Francis, announced on January 6 that he accepted the resignation of Cardinal...

A few weeks back, a minor hysteria flared up around drones in the night sky. What were they and what were they doing? Were people in any...

As we close this calendar year with the Feast of the Holy Family, I would like to thank all of you who help to make St. Martin’s such a ...

A few years ago, I visited Loreto, Italy, where The Blessed Mother’s house from Nazareth is supposedly found. (How a house from Nazareth...

“Brothers and sisters: Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice!” So urges us St. Paul in this Sunday’s second reading...

This Sunday is December 8, which is normally the celebration of the Immaculate Conception. Because it falls on a Sunday in Advent, the...

Happy Advent! I find that the sudden change of liturgical seasons provides a welcome jolt to the soul. We are creatures of habit, and we ...

The last Sunday of the Church’s annual calendar is dedicated to Christ, the King of the Universe. At each of our baptisms, the minister...

I am very grateful to all of our volunteers who helped to make St. Martin’s Feast Day on Sunday such a special occasion. I am grateful to…

Happy feast day of St. Martin of Tours! Although his actual feast day is the 11th, we transfer it to Sunday, so more people have the ...

I am so pleased that we have a Blessed (soon-to-be saint) Carlo Acutis family spirituality group at St. Martin’s. (If you are interested ...

The approaching celebrations of All Saints Day and All Souls Day remind us that we are part of the Body of Christ. His Body is composed ...

The apostles John and James make a presumptuous request of Jesus in this Sunday’s gospel: “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ...

Please find inserted in this week’s bulletin the Parish Financial Report for the fiscal year of July 2023-June 2024. Overall we finished...

Two or three times at Mass this month, we’ve read the following Gospel passage: “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder ...

This week on October 1st, we will celebrate the feast day of one of the most popular saints in the Catholic Church, St. Thérèse of the ...

I leave on Saturday, September 21 for a two-week pilgrimage to Fatima and Spain. Know that I bring all of you and your intentions to the...

The more clear we are about our vocation, the stronger our resolve in keeping it. Jesus shares with his disciples “the mystery hidden for...

St. Paul is the great theologian of the New Testament. St. James, whose letter we have been reading from every Sunday, is much more frank...