This is the homily I preached at St. Anthony of Padua Parish for the Second Sunday of the Year.

The introductory and concluding music, "Pastime with Good Company," is performed by the Quincy Early Music Consort and taken from their CD, Pastime ((c) 1997).   Used with permission.  For more information, contact Dancingman Productions, 7 Deer Ridge South, Quincy, Illinois 62301.

Last Week I spoke to the RCIA class, giving an overview of the Sacraments in general, and the Sacraments of Baptism or Confirmation, in particular.

The introductory and concluding music, "Pastime with Good Company," is performed by the Quincy Early Music Consort and taken from their CD, Pastime ((c) 1997).   Used with permission.  For more information, contact Dancingman Productions, 7 Deer Ridge South, Quincy, Illinois 62301.

Bishop Lucas invited his Diocese to participate in the Why Catholic? program as a way of deepening our faith.  The response here at the parish has been very good has surfaced a number of questions among the parishioners.

To help answer these questions, I hosted a Q&A session last Sunday afternoon.  I recorded the session and am presenting it to, in an edited form, in this podcast.

The introductory and concluding music, "Pastime with Good Company," is performed by the Quincy Early Music Consort and taken from their CD, Pastime ((c) 1997).   Used with permission.  For more information, contact Dancingman Productions, 7 Deer Ridge South, Quincy, Illinois 62301.