Browsing the August 2025 archive of Father Stephen's Columns
Eagle Scout Project, Extended Adoration, Budget Overview (8-24-25)
Posted by Debbie Branger on 8/19/25
Eagle Scout Project, Extended Adoration, Budget Overview Happy Sunday to all! Just some brief housekeeping notes for this week’s bulletin:
1. Matthew V., a senior at St. Thomas More High School and recently confirmed Catholic here at St. Stephen, is completing a project to obtain the rank of Eagle ... Read More »
Respect for Human Dignity: Saint Maximilian Kolbe (8/17/25)
Posted by Gail Schlicht on 8/13/25
Respect for Human Dignity: Saint Maximilian Kolbe Pope Francis once wrote about the saints that, “Each saint is a mission, planned by the Father to reflect and embody, at a specific moment in history, a certain aspect of the Gospel” (Gaudete et exsultate 19). ... Read More »
Justice: Universal Destination of Goods (8/10/25)
Posted by Gail Schlicht on 8/13/25
Justice: Universal Destination of Goods Following up on last week’s homily, please enjoy these paragraphs on the universal destination of goods from the Catechism... In the beginning God entrusted the earth and its resources to the common stewardship of mankind to take care ... Read More »
Catholic Social Teaching: The Common Good (8/3/25)
Posted by Gail Schlicht on 8/13/25
Catholic Social Teaching: The Common Good
Everything in the Church’s social doctrine hinges on last week’s concept of human dignity, that because we are made in God’s image we deserve respect and require certain things to reach our true potential. To love God fully, ... Read More »