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
The Arlington Diocese’s Mission in the Dominican Republic
Our Annual Mission Appeal
August 11, 2026
The Arlington Mission in the Dominican Republic
Our Annual Mission Appeal by Fr. Steve McGraw In the middle of the large island of Hispaniola, about as far from the beach as you can be in the Caribbean, is a...Read more
THE MANHOOD OF ROBBIE BINTER
A Short Story by Fr. Frederick Edlefsen
August 5, 2026
The Manhood of Robbie Binter A short story by Fr. Frederick Edlefsen Matthias Robert Binter, known as Robbie, turned fourteen on May 1, 1968. That day, after Fr. D’Amour’s morning Mass at St. Luke’s, Robbie’s little sister Julie crowned...Read more
