by Father Jacob Maurer | Aug 17, 2024 | Reflections
Like many Catholics, I come from what many would consider a medium to large size family – I am one of seven children. That simple numbering, however, belies the diversity of situations within! I have an older half-sister, two biological siblings (one in heaven),...
by Father Jacob Maurer | Aug 13, 2024 | Pastor's post
I’ve been thinking a bit lately about leadership: the kind of leaders I admire and the kind of leader I hope to be. There’s any number of lessons to draw on – from my time in the Boy Scouts as a child & young man, being the son of a naval...
by Father Jacob Maurer | Aug 10, 2024 | Pastor's post
At the beginning of this week, Simcha Fisher published an article on her blog titled Sometimes the secret ingredient is time. I’ve never had the pleasure of meeting her, but I would swear she wrote this just for me! More than a few times over the last week...
by Father Jacob Maurer | Aug 9, 2024 | Catholic communities of the Olympic Peninsula (Parish Family 49)
Alliteration can be your friend – it is certain one of mine! Last week I met with the liturgical leaders of most (but not yet all!) of the Catholic Communities of the Olympic Peninsula. After introductions – we have a lot of leaders across our liturgical...
by Father Jacob Maurer | Aug 1, 2024 | Reflections
I am delighted to share with you the first of our monthly parish family townhall gatherings. Please forgive the fact that this is not a transcript of the meeting. As it turns out, the auto-transcription resulted in 38 (!) pages of text. I tried – I really tried!...
