St. John Vianney Catholic Church
Prince Frederick, MD  20678

Parish Diary
by
Father Peter J. Daly


A collection of articles written for the Catholic News Service

***** Most Recent Additions *****

2010

Christian Response to Pat Robertson

Changing Prolife Movement

 The Priests

Pornography and Fidelity

Being There in Grief

Mom turns 90

Charity of the Church

Family of Robins

Favorite Fund Raising

Twitter

***** Letter to the Newly Ordained

***** No Room for Hate in 808

***** Subscription Cancelled

***** Mosque Controversy

 

2009

Williamson Affair

100 Houses in Nicaragua

John Paul II Stations of the Cross

Moral Hazard

Susan Boyle

Jesus Called

Day Off

Contraceptive Brochure

Sisters in Faith

St. John Vianney and Year for Priests

Final Move

Absolution

Memory of a Prayer Despite Dementia

Damien of Molokai

Swine Flu Precautions

School Closures & Religious Education

Paddy The Cat

Oh Christmas

What I have learned in 24 years

 

2008

A Parish Priest's Top Ten List

Attendance

Aunt Pat's Death

Children's Christmas Eve Mass

Funeral Stories

Internet

Janet’s bag of blessings

May Procession 2008

Pew Forum Survey and Immigration

Pope Benedict XVI visit to DC

Safe Nights

Spanish Language Catholic Press

Voice of Labor

Wholehearted Lent

Youth Confirmation Class

 

2007

Catholic Charities

Banana Plantation

Breakfast with Santa

Blacksburg Killing

Fatigue

Going Green

Gossip

Hurricane relief lessons learned

It’s a Baby

Learning Catholic Culture

Mexico Sister Parish

Paul’s Footsteps

Pilgrimage, Footsteps of Paul and John

RCIA, Companions on the Journey

Season of Happiness

Speak well of the Dead

Suicide

Summer Time

Thinking of Poverty

Tridentine Mass

Where are the Prophets?

Work Camp

2006

20th Anniversary

Beatitudes Lent

Energy Independence on Foot

Flying

Gardening

Greenans

Honoring your father and mother

Illegal Immigration

Interfaith Dialogue

Iraq at Christmas

Josephites

Mary and Us

News Fast

Our Mother of Mercy Parish

Paddy On My Head

Procrastination

Stewardship

Technology and Souls

Trail of the Saints

Work and Unemployment in 50s

Youth Accident

 

2005

Being Regular

Boston Pension Crisis

Cell Phone Annoyance

Diets

Dumpster/Housing Contrast

Healing

Hurricane Katrina

JP II Death

Learning by Example

Letters

Mazie Washington

Mom’s Generation

Mom at 85

Names

Nuns Gone Fishing

Social Security

Spirit of Christmas

Terry Schiavo

Torture

Transfers

True Charity

Tsunami

Year of Eucharist

2004

Audit Continues

Boston Closures

Broken Ankle

Ceremony Sacred and Secular

Communion for Politicians

Faith on Film

Farewell to Leno

Flag Day

Florida Hurricanes

Holy Exercise

Homeless

Immigration III

Missionary in China

New Vocations

Parish Secretary

Prayer School

RCIA Retreat

Sudan

Suggestion Box

Passion of the Christ

Tino Perez

 

2003

All Souls

Capital Punishment

Catholic Radio

Confirmation Quiz

Consumer Sacraments

Cow Chip Bingo

Dialogue for Peace

Gay Marriage

Goodman

Heaven’s Reminder

Isabel, the weather

Immigration II

Mass Attendance and Scandal

Mental Health

Migrant Workers

Priest Numbers

Rosary

Sisters

Snow Fall and the Grace of God

War/Preparation but not Support

 

2002

Advent

Annus Horribilis

Bible Study

Boston Scandal

Children in Church

Current Agony and Hope

Dallas Meeting

Fired After All These Years

Fear of Guns

God’s House

Iraq

Israel and Tourism

Little Sisters of the Poor

Musicians

Planning My Funeral

Rain

Scandal Corrected

Sister Jo

So Little Time

Teams of Our Lady

Vacation Bible School

What Is a Catholic Church?

 

2001

Age

Charities

Christmas 2001

Confiteor

Disaster

Faithful Servant

Fundamentalism

I’m So Sorry

Joan Hogan

Mentors and Observers

Mexicans

Mexico

Piazza Navona

Post Mystagogia

Spousal Abuse

Time Capsule

Treatment Center

TV Fast

TV Fast Results

Vigil Lights

Vocations Crisis Data

Weddings & Living Together

 

 

2000

Bishop Eugene Marino

Elections and Christmas

Expectations

Flood of Grace

Sabbath

 

 

1999

Awards

Catholic Social Teaching

Columbine High School

Commitment

Deaf

First Communions

Growing Concerns

Labor and Conscience

New Car

New Lectionary

Prayers of the Faithful

Refugees

Schools in Need

The Western Way of the Cross

Workcamp

Why 2 K?

 

1998

Confirmation Season

Gambling for God and Country

Halloween

La Paz

Hail to the Redskins

In Full Retreat

Irish

Making a Crowd into a Community

Mother's and Father's Day

Moving

Parish Web Site

Spanish

Stipends

The New Vocations

 

 

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