St. Joseph Catholic Church

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Betty Glaz St. Clare of Assisi and St. John Henry Newman Writing Groups My face is grotesque,and people are afraid of me.They cross the street or search for cracks in the sidewalk.See that family over there?They, too, refuse to look at me.I was once like them,had a wife and two kidsbut they’re all gone now,left me […]

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Andrea Rosenberg St. Gertrude and St. Hildegard Writing Groups Mart of abundanceO Goods, aisles of everythingAll my needs met here! I wander transfixed, fed by shelves, products,Specials, exclusives, This-week-only, this week only, for you alone,the lowest price ever, the cart of shards is full, glittering. I barely heard the knock upon the door.I might have heard […]

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Jonathan M. Henry St. John Henry Newman Writing Group The Book of Revelation is full of frightening imagery and doomsday scenarios. From the four horsemen (6:1–8) to an abundance of both cosmic and earthly turmoil (6:12–14), it is no wonder that this book strikes fear into those who read it. But what if we were […]

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MJ Meister St. Jane de Chantal Writing Group What if we could be assured that God is with us, right here, right now? Would it change the way we treat each other?  It’s easy to believe God is somewhere off in the distance, far from our ordinary experience. But St. John the Apostle dispelled that […]

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Christine McParland Rossi St. Thomas More Writing Group “Hope” can have very different meanings depending on the context. We hope for a warm, sunny Easter, but wake up to snow instead. Or we hope that God will answer our prayers to heal a loved one, and that loved one dies anyway.  This second form of […]

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Lisa Machado St. Hildegard of Bingen and St. Jane de Chantal Writing Groups First-century Ephesus was a thriving economic and cultural hub where it was common to worship various gods, including Artemis and Zeus. The gods of today’s modern era typically have names so subtle we may not recognize them: We may prioritize physical appearance, […]

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Matt Ritzert St. Jane de Chantal Writing Group Restless. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the word as lacking or denying rest, uneasy. To be troubled, unsettled, anxious. Those words could be used to describe many of us who are chasing dream jobs, bigger houses, more prestige, and greater honor. The more we chase the next big […]

Mark Bradford

Disabled or not, we are all free and dependent rational animals.