Fr. Bill Peckman is a priest in the Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri. He is the pastor Immaculate Conception Parish, St. Mary Parish, St. Patrick Parish, and Sacred Heart Parish.
Talk about something hiding in plain sight. Show me a person’s body of work and I will see something of person who they are. To give an example: every homily I give tells the listener not just about what we believe, but what I believe as well. The kind...
Some might differentiate between a “parishioner in good standing” or not. I do not ascribe to such a notion. Parishioners must share in the responsibilities that are part and parcel of belonging to a parish. Why? Because the nature of a parish is that of a family and not a...
Moralistic Therapeutic Deism. What is it? It is the message preached from so very many pulpits. It is the theological underpinning of universalism. It operates on five beliefs: 1) There is a God who created and ordered the earth and watches over human life on earth. Okay, we can agree...
Fewer things sadden me more than an autoimmune disease within the Body of Christ. Catholics attacking Catholics and dragging it into the public sector does more damage to the Church and thwarts more evangelization efforts than any attacks can from outside sources. The Catholic Church, in her entire history has...
One cannot expect to ignore the Holy Spirit and receive his blessings at the same time. One cannot expect to ignore God’s will and yet receive the benefits of following Him. One cannot treat God as a hobby and expect to be treated as His son or daughter. One...
I spend a lot of time thinking, reading, and praying about why the Church is decline in this country. The influx of immigrants from Latin America hides the number decline. Even with this influx, every measurable indicator is down: baptisms, confirmations, marriages, priestly ordinations, numbers of men’s and women’...
