“An elderly woman in a wheelchair is being helped into the church. She stops and dips her fingers into the holy water and begins the Sign of the Cross. Churchgoers congregate around the baptismal font, extending hugs and warm wishes to one another.
“The bell rings, signaling the beginning of Sunday Mass. Father Dan Beeman, pastor at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Norfolk’s Ocean View, scans the church one last time before making his entrance to the altar. ‘Mass is the fulfillment of everything we read in the Scripture,’ says Father Dan. ‘Everything God gives us, we can at least return to him in some act of worship, a true consecration of our life to him.’”
A recent report in The Virginian-Pilot offered a brief sketch of Fr. Beeman and his preparations for his Sunday homilies.
To access the complete report, please visit:
The Virginian-Pilot: Common Ground: God’s Helper | The Homily (8 NOV 13)
Background information:
Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Norfolk, VA
Thank you, Deacon Greg Kandra, for the tip.
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