Fr Tom Gardner

I want to tell you a story about Joe Hall, a young man that I knew in college. Joe was an extremely busy and vibrant college student. He was taking a full load of college courses and looking to graduate in three years. He had a volunteer position as a Catholic youth minister, he worked […]

My heart is filled with joy to be with all of you on this holy night when we celebrate that supper that our Lord celebrated with His Apostles on the night before He died. What a great blessing it is for us to come together tonight and recall the blessings that continue to flow from

Well, here we are, most of the way through Lent and at the end of our homily series, Healing Our Wounded Hearts. I promised at the beginning it wouldn’t be boring, and I hope you agree that it has not been!  Over the last four weeks, we have been spinning the diamond of the great

This weekend we continue our Lenten homily series on the Sacrament of Reconciliation. The title of this series is “Healing our Wounded Hearts.” Through these homilies, we are pondering the many ways Jesus heals our wounded hearts through the beautiful Sacrament of Reconciliation. Last week, Deacon Doug spoke of how this Sacrament helps draw us

This Lent we will have a homily series on the Sacrament of Reconciliation. The title of this series is “Healing our Wounded Hearts,” because we will take the opportunity to focus on how this beautiful Sacrament Jesus has given the Church can heal our hearts that are wounded and broken by sin. Each Sacrament Jesus

I want to invite you to use your imagination for a second. Close your eyes and imagine that you are in a crowded train station. You look around and don’t see anybody that looks familiar. As a matter of fact, you don’t even remember how you got there or where you are going. The train

It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood, a beautiful day for a neighbor, would you be mine, could you be mine? I don’t know about any of you, but when I hear those lyrics, it immediately brings up good memories from my childhood. Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood was a show that I watched nearly every day

I recently had the privilege of watching on YouTube the testimony of a woman named Kaitlin who is converting from atheism to Catholicism. Her story touched me deeply, not only because I am so grateful she is joining our Catholic family, but also because her story reminded me how God moves in our lives and

We have all lived through a lot of strange things in the last two years. Right when COVID was beginning to spread throughout the U.S., I was on a trip to San Diego. When I left, things were basically normal; when I returned, the Bishop recommended self-quarantining with my parents instead of immediately returning back

A young Native American boy was listening to his dad, the chief, talk about how to read the skies in order to know how much wood to gather for the winter. Being the younger of the sons, the boy figured his older brother would be the next chief, so he saw no point in learning