Ever since the first human being considered the possibility of life after death there have been speculations and theories about what such life would be. Various cultures and religions have given it names such as Nirvana Buddhist], Tian ,...

"Where do you want us to go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?”  Jesus told two of his disciples, “Go into the city and a man will meet you, carrying a jar of water.  Follow him.”  The disciples knew that jugs of water...

It is hard to be in many places in the world without seeing people of all generations using a cell phone to call or text or email someone on the other side of the planet, or sitting across the  table.  We have come a long way.  Or have...

Our current Increased Offertory Program at Sts. Joseph and Paul reminds me of ways to be a better steward.  At a very young age in 1938 I learned stewardship by good example and prayer from my parents Joseph and Mary Fleischmann....

On that first Easter Sunday the frightened disciples who had abandoned Jesus were behind locked doors. Jesus appeared and said, “Peace be with you!” When Karol Wojtyla stepped onto a balcony as Pope John Paul II he told the crowd,...

When Jesus told the parable of the “good shepherd” he was speaking to people who knew there were also not-so-good shepherds and bad shepherds. The good shepherd was with his sheep twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. He lead...