Baptism
Fr. Dennis and the Curse of the Jilted Jesuit
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008Sounds like the first in a series of mystery stories a la Nancy Drew, doesn’t it? Well, there’s a story, anyway.
Last Sunday, you’ll recall, I had noon mass at the parish where I was baptized, All Saints Church in St. Peter’s, Missouri. As mass began, the pastor came out to briefly introduce me before I [...]
New Christians — Sunday, 13 January 2008
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008This past Sunday, I did my first baptism as an ordained minister. The two new Christians are my brother David’s children, Luke and AnnaClaire. I know baptizing baby-dolls, as we did in the practicum course here at seminary, is easy. And I suspect baptizing newborns and adults is also fairly simple. But baptizing toddlers is [...]