Author: Mike McGowan

Messages from the PPC

Message from Mike McGowan, PPC

| Mike McGowan

Hello, for those who don’t know me, I’m Mike McGowan and I’ve been a member of St. Charles for a little over ten years.

In this uncertain time, all three of this week’s readings resonated more with me than in years past. From our current stay-at-home circumstances, I am better able to appreciate the early Christians’ experience of huddling behind locked doors. Never have 1st and 21st centuries felt so close together. Yet the early Christians transcended the locked doors, through the Holy Spirit, to build the enduring Church. Continue reading “Message from Mike McGowan, PPC” →

Events

Discussion Group for Universal Christ Starts Thursday

| Mike McGowan

Following on our rewarding Lenten discussion series with Grace Church, we will continue to offer a Thursday evening discussion group at 7 PM. The book we will read next is The Universal Christ, a recent and much acclaimed book by Franciscan Fr. Richard Rohr. We will meet this Thursday and then on the following six Thursdays. The reading selections for each week are as follows: Continue reading “Discussion Group for Universal Christ Starts Thursday” →

Events

No Hate, No Fear March

| Mike McGowan

Please join with New Yorkers of all backgrounds and religions this Sunday, January 5, 2020, in a united march against hate and fear.

#StandTogether starting at 11 AM in Foley Square and march across the Brooklyn Bridge to Columbus Park (near Cadman Plaza) arriving around 1:30 p.m.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio will be in attendance representing the leadership of New York’s Catholic community.