by Douglas Lain | May 21, 2020 | All Posts
The area surrounding Queen of Martyrs Parish in North Dayton is filled with hard-working families not used to needing nor asking for help. That self-sufficiency was tested a year ago when a devastating F4 tornado, carrying 170 mph winds, left a path of destruction in...
by Douglas Lain | May 17, 2020 | All Posts
Donny H. says his apartment and the new garden at Key Terrace in Kettering have given him roots for the first time in a long time. Key Terrace is a permanent supportive housing complex — owned by Miami Valley Housing Opportunities, with supportive services offered by...
by Douglas Lain | Sep 27, 2020 | All Posts
Gospel: (Mt. 5:1-9) When Jesus saw the crowds he went up on the mountainside…his disciples gathered around him, and he began to teach them: “How blest ate the poor in spirit: the reign of God is theirs. Blest too are the sorrowing; they shall be consoled. Blest are...
by Douglas Lain | Sep 20, 2020 | All Posts
Gospel: (Matthew 20:1-16) Jesus told his disciples this parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out at dawn to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with them for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard….When it was evening...
by Douglas Lain | Sep 13, 2020 | All Posts
Gospel: (Matthew 18:21-35) Peter approached Jesus and asked him, “Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive? As many as seven times?” Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times. That is why the kingdom of heaven may...
by Douglas Lain | Sep 9, 2020 | All Posts
Gospel: (Luke 10: 25-37) “And who is my neighbor? Jesus replied: “There was a man going down from Jerusalem to Jericho who fell in with robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and then went off leaving him half-dead. A priest happened to be going down the same road;...
