Servant of God Isaac Hecker
19th-Century Missionary for the 21st-Century Church On this date in 1819 Isaac Hecker (who eventually went on to found the Paulist...
St. Nicholas
Saint Nicholas (a.k.a.,"Santa Claus") For several years, while I was parochial vicar at the Paulist Mother Church in NYC, I had the joy...
Black Friday
Day After It is the day after Thanksgiving. Were you kind, caring and compassionate to everyone yesterday? I tried to be. I want some...
Abortion
Abortion So why do so many Catholics think that abortion is wrong? If they say it is because the fetus is a human person, this is...
Looking Back
Some of the health issues that I now have, originate in bad habits, or unhealthy patterns of many years ago. I look back and remember...
Bob Dylan and the Nobel Prize
Bob Dylan and the Nobel Prize We are quite used to the idea that the Nobel Peace Prize occasionally goes to politicians who, whatever...
Welcome Fr. Joe
Fr. Joe Scott, CSP is the newest member of the staff here at Old Saint Mary's. Here is a little bit about him as told by him. (We don't...
Knock
Knock We hear the saying from the Bible, "Knock and it shall be opened." A lot of us thought we knocked pretty hard and nothing...
Bad Religion
Bad Religion Following on a previous blog on math, at least the math teacher does not have to "unlearn" you from bad math taught when you...
We all love change?
We all love change, don't we? Well whether we do or not change is a part of life. Fr. Terry comments on change in his blog. Change ...