Weight-loss and the Relationship you have with your Scale! For those that didn’t read another blog of mine on weight-loss; I’m a slow learner and this is the third time that I have had to lose a significant amount of weight. Each time I have have lost, I have maintained that loss for at leastContinue reading “Weight-loss and the Relationship you have with your Scale!”
Category Archives: Pat’s Stuff
Reverence, how do we or should we show reverence….
Reverence, how do we or should we show reverence…. I was asked today about how I project reverence. That took me back a little, because I’ve struggled with that question. I don’t really think that working at showing reverence is appropriate. How do we show reverence? Kneeling? Folding our hands? By what we wear?Continue reading “Reverence, how do we or should we show reverence….”
2 suicides- one day. Please get to those maybe thinking of suicide
2 suicides- one day. Please get to those maybe thinking of suicide Modified a little, this was on Facebook last week. But with funerals this week, decided to also post here. I’m sitting here a bit dazed. I’ve been a chaplain at a level one trauma center and am usually pretty unflappable, but today hasContinue reading “2 suicides- one day. Please get to those maybe thinking of suicide”
St. Pius X Parish Festival – Celebrating 60 Years of Service!
St. Pius X Parish Festival – Celebrating 60 Years of Service! Don’t miss out! October 8, 2017. 11Am – 6pm. This will be a great event. BBQ dinner tickets go on sale this weekend after all the masses. Only 700 printed and remember last year we sold out! This is 60 years of service,Continue reading “St. Pius X Parish Festival – Celebrating 60 Years of Service!”
Holy Land Video for Pilgrimage!
Holy Land Video for Pilgrimage! As a few said after the meeting today, we are ready to go! We leave at 10am March 11th. It will be a great tour. Check out this video if you are on the fence. A few answers from today’s meeting are below the video. Some answers: Registration firstContinue reading “Holy Land Video for Pilgrimage!”
Information on March 2018 Holy Land Pilgrimage.
Information on March 2018 Holy Land Pilgrimage. Hot of the press if you are reading this in August. Here are the details of St. Pius X and friends pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Some questions answered: Who is eligible? Anyone with $2900 that wants to go on pilgrimage to Holy Land. Do we have toContinue reading “Information on March 2018 Holy Land Pilgrimage.”
July 08, 1989 or 28 years ago last Saturday, I was Ordained a Priest.
July 08, 1989 or 28 years ago last Saturday I was Ordained a Priest. With family and friends to help celebrate, including three US Air Force Chaplains that had been with me through formation, my Bishop ordained a priest. Things were amazing. I felt like the luckiest person in the world. Then things changed. IContinue reading “July 08, 1989 or 28 years ago last Saturday, I was Ordained a Priest.”
Under Paid, Over Worked and Extremely Happy!
Under Paid, Over Worked and Extremely Happy! While at a youth event I was talking to two Franciscan Sisters. We were talking about how dealing with you has changed and how different our world was just in last ten years. Some how we ended up talking about other things we had done and the circuitousContinue reading “Under Paid, Over Worked and Extremely Happy!”
Part 2 of the Ireland Pictures. Better Late than Never?
Part 2 of the Ireland Pictures. Better Late than Never? It took some time to go through all the picture, almost 500 and reduce the ones for here. I still thing there maybe be a few too many, but here we go anyway.
First Post from Ireland
First Post From Ireland It is hard to believe that we are here. All are safe and sound and dealing with jet lag in our own ways. We have a very diverse group and the only two things that bring us all together are either people at parishes that I have served or friends andContinue reading “First Post from Ireland”