Author: Father Albert

Immaculate Conception, Year C Fr. Albert St. Peter Catholic Church, New Iberia [audio wav="http://box5246.temp.domains/~alberuc3/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Mary-Tabernacle-Model-Mother.wav"][/audio]   The Immaculate Conception. What is it? Why does it matter? The Immaculate Conception refers to Mary, not Jesus. The Immaculate Conception is a dogma of the Church, declared by Blessed Pope Pius IX in 1854. It is one of the two times in the Church’s history that a Pope has used his authority and office to teach something ex cathedra. That is Latin for “from the chair,” as in from the chair of Peter. It means the teaching is infallible. This is important because many people think...Read More

1st Sunday Advent, Year A Fr. Albert St. Peter Catholic Church, New Iberia [audio wav="http://box5246.temp.domains/~alberuc3/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ADV_1_A.wav"][/audio]   Jesus is the reason for the Season. It’s a common phrase for a bumper sticker, a picture on the internet, or a billboard. Have you really considered what it means? Who is Jesus really? For that matter, which season is this phrase referring to? Those two questions are more closely related than we might think at first. The fact is that many people started to celebrate Christmas earlier this week or even right after Halloween: decorations, Christmas music, seasonal foods and desserts, and shopping...Read More

All Saints Day, Year C Fr. Albert St. Peter Catholic Church, New Iberia [audio wav="http://box5246.temp.domains/~alberuc3/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/All_Saints_2016.wav"][/audio]   When New Orleans first sought to create a team to join the NFL, someone approached Archbishop Hannan, then Archbishop of New Orleans, to ask him about the name. They wanted to know if he would mind that they used the name the “Saints” for a football team. His response was simple “That’s fine with me, but remember that most of our saints were martyrs.” Indeed, for most of Archbishop Hannan’s life, his little warning proved to be quite apt. The Saints were notorious for...Read More

First and foremost, I greatly respect both Simcha Fisher and Mark Shea for the work they do and have done in the past. Generally speaking, they are great apologists and better writers than I. Many a blurb penned by their hands has enriched my faith and, often enough, made me chuckle. I have no desire to assassinate their character or to cast doubt on the sincerity of the support for the pro-life cause and the Church's teaching on the matter. Despite some problems with their language and tone from time to time, they remain valuable members of the Church and...Read More