Fr Tom Gardner

Firstly, I have to say that it is a blessing to be Catholic and to see the continuity of our faith stretching all the way back to the Apostles. We have been hearing about the preaching and ministry of St. Peter a lot in our readings from the Acts of the Apostles during this Easter […]

I know this last week has been a mix of greatly conflicting emotions in my own heart–the glorious joy of the election of our new Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, and the heavy burden of sorrow at preparing to leave this parish family that I’ve come to love so dearly in my time here. But

I really enjoyed the movie, “Hook,” as a child. It was fun to see a modern twist on the Peter Pan story where Peter is all grown up. Robin WIlliams plays the grown up Peter, who has lost what it means to have the heart of a child and has put behind him the adventures

I really enjoyed the movie, Hook, as a child. It was fun to see a modern twist on the Peter Pan story where Peter is all grown up. Robin WIlliams plays the grown up Peter who has lost what it means to have the heart of a child and has put behind him the adventures

In January of 2017, my brother, Billy, and I woke early in the morning to go run a race together. It was the Key West Half Marathon. We were both excited for the race and looked forward to running together in such a beautiful place. The first part of the race went well, but then

In January of 2017, my brother, Billy, and I woke early in the morning to go run a race together. It was the Key West Half Marathon. We were both excited for the race and looked forward to running together in such a beautiful place. The first part of the race went well, but then

Today is our most solemn day of the year, the day when we recall that great act of Divine Love which is the basis for our freedom as Christians. On the Cross, Jesus pays the price for our sins by giving His perfect human life for us with the infinite, divine love of His Sacred

It may come as a shock to some of you that I got in trouble as a kid. Oh yes, there were days in the life of little future Father Tom where I was in deep trouble! I can remember one time in particular in fifth grade where I had sabotaged one of the computers

I want to give you a little window into the turnaround in the life of Shayne Smith, a popular comedian, tattoo enthusiast, one-time atheist, and now convert to Catholicism. You may remember that I shared part of his conversion story in a Lenten homily last year. Shayne’s story is beautiful because he gives a living

When I was a freshman at Ohio State, I started my journey of going to daily Mass. At the time, I lived in a Catholic fraternity-style household with about 12 other Catholic men. I noticed that many of the older guys in the house went to daily Mass throughout the week. I really looked up