The Right Rev. James St. George, OSFoc

I am apparently a bad Priest!

April 1, 2019April 1, 2019 The Right Rev. James St. George, OSFocLeave a Comment

To the person who came to my offices last week, and then again appeared at the door yesterday and who was obviously irritated by my staff, and who decided to vocalize their frustration with my being out of the office by stating “He’s never here!“ I offer you my humblest apologies! Perhaps, since I am […]

The Sacrifice of Building

July 1, 2017June 29, 2017 The Right Rev. James St. George, OSFocLeave a Comment

Jesus said to St. Faustina, as documented in her Diary of St. Faustina, 1767, “You will save more souls through prayer and suffering than will a missionary through his teachings and sermons alone.” That is how I have come to see my life. It isn’t always easy; it wasn’t meant to be, it is a […]

Evangelism Comes to Saint Miriam this Lent

April 2, 2017June 29, 2017 The Right Rev. James St. George, OSFoc

Since the Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, called the Church to a new “horizon of evangelization,” there has been increased interest in the mission of evangelization. Parishes and dioceses throughout the United States have active evangelization teams and offices of evangelization. Yet, as central as evangelization is to the mission and life of the […]

How do we teach others to bleed for Jesus?

April 1, 2015June 29, 2017 The Right Rev. James St. George, OSFocLeave a Comment

I’ve been in deep grief for several months. I guess, if truth be told, it has been for years. I first began with what they would clinically call, ‘anticipatory grief’, and now I am in bereavement. My dad is gone and I feel his absence every day. Recently, a friend sent me a card that […]