Fr. Carter

Dear Parishioners, Before last Sunday, a remarkable thing happened to the parish: all the buildings other than the Church lost power. Without any warning, a lightning bolt hit a telephone…

Dear Parishioners, I notice in confession that people often confess the sin of anger. However, I do not think this sin is very well understood. So I would like to…

Dear Parishioners, Pope Francis is often criticized for what he says and even more for what he refuses to clarify. Sometimes this is fair and other times, he is obviously…

Dear Parishioners, I would like to take a moment to thank everyone who made our Holy Week and Easter Triduum services possible. A lot of work goes into making Palm…

Dear Parishioners, I am going to tell you about a great resource written by one of our parishioners, Michael McCormick, called “Perfect Sense”. It is about why we go to…

Dear Parishioners, This Wednesday, we will be having a Tenebrae service in Church at 7 pm. Since this is the first time we are doing a service like this, I…

Dear Parishioners, This week is a very important week for our 8th grade Confirmandi because they are being confirmed by Fr. Martin O’Reilly on Thursday. So, please keep them in…

Dear Parishioners, In previous weeks, I talked about some misconceptions people have about baptism and confession. This week, I would like to talk about what we believe about the Eucharist….

Dear Parishioners, Recently the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that all embryos are human beings and should be protected under the law. They ruled this way because certain embryos were accidentally…

Dear Parishioners, Recently, Pope Francis gave a reflection on Lent about God leading us to Freedom. It is a very rich message and well worth reading. So, here is a…