Rediscover Catholicism  Did you pick up one of the Rediscover Catholicism books this week? If not, it’s not too late. We still have copies available. Each week during Lent we’ll post a couple reflection questions to help you reflect on your faith and help guide you through the book.  Week 1a: Scripture Reading:  Gospel of Matthew 28: 18 – 20. Then Jesus approached and said to them, “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go,…

Owatonna is its own weird wacky world.  I am convinced that there is some Midwestern small town secret order of society that requires a password.  Or at least a graduation party.    In June, for basically a month, the world stops spinning and we all congregate in garages and back yards to celebrate our graduates.  I have never seen anything like it.  If you talk to anyone who is from outside Owatonna, they will agree with you.  No one does…

What is initiation?  According to the dictionary initiation means a “ceremony…. by which somebody is admitted to a group, organization, or religion.”  In our Catholic Faith we have three sacraments of initiation—Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Communion.  They are the three primary sacraments, on which the rest of our life as a Christian depends. In the early church they were tied very closely together, but now the three sacraments are celebrated at different milestones in our spiritual lives.   This weekend at…