September is Commitment Month
Experience and Support Our Lady of Lourdes
September 9, 2026
Fr. Frederick Edlefsen
Many blessings to all of you as we journey into September. Special blessings to our youth and their families in the CCD catechism program, as they learn more about the truth and...Read more
Labor Day Reflections
A Digest of Pope Saint John Paul II on Human Work
September 1, 2026
Fr. Frederick Edlefsen
In work, humans participate in the Creator’s activity. Jesus proclaimed "the gospel of work” as a craftsman. And yet, he opposed anxiety about work. The Bible refers to many human professions: doctors,...Read more
Standing in Prayer and Solidarity with Our Sister Parish
Lady of Lourdes, Poplar, MT, Parish Destroyed by Fire
August 30, 2026
We ask our faith community to join us in prayer for our sister parish, Our Lady of Lourdes in Poplar, Montana. On August 25, a devastating fire completely destroyed their church building on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. As they...Read more
Following Christ
August 24, 2026
By Fr. Frederick Edlefsen
“There are two ways, the one of life, the other of death; But between the two, there is a great difference.” (Didache – Teaching of the Twelve Apostles, 60AD) “Whoever wishes to come...Read more
The Church in the World
From a letter by Flannery O'Connor to Cecil Dawkins December 9, 1958
August 19, 2026
Glibness is the great danger in answering people's questions about religion…. but I will give you…my own perspective on them. All your dissatisfaction with the Church seems to me to come from an incomplete understanding of sin….[W]hat you seem actually...Read more
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