Year B, 4th Sunday in Easter 4/25/21 Rev. Katie Holicky, Assistant Rector You might have heard me mention that a couple of summers ago I had the joy of taking seven teenage boys on pilgrimage to Northern Ireland. While there, we hiked Northern Ireland’s only UNESCO World Heritage Site, Giant’s Causeway. Over a five […]
Lent 3, Year B Rev. Katie Holicky, St. Paul’s Assistant Rector Recently, I was on Zoom when a colleague texted me and noted my rainbow organized bookshelf behind […]
Lent 2, Year B Last week in Zoom Family Worship we talked about the start of Lent. We noted that we are using different prayers. That my stole is now a different color. That this is a season for us to live differently, to walk closely with Jesus in the wilderness as we fast, […]
Year B, Baptism of our Lord Rev. Katie Holicky, Assistant Rector, St. Paul’s Brunswick Does anyone else get the post holiday dul-drums? It happens to me every year. The decorations come down, the house feels strangely bigger, empty without them. I began to think about how many dark cold days we have stretching before […]
Advent 4, Year B Rev. Katie Holicky, Assistant Rector, St. Paul’s, Brunswick Lately, I have been wondering about the connection between the holiday season and the technicolor movie classic…that brought us my favorite childhood chant, “Lions and tigers and bears… oh my!”, The Wizard of Oz. I never really got what it was about the […]
Year B, Advent 2 Rev. Katie Holicky, Assistant Rector St. Paul’s Brunswick I have an incredibly deep love of Christmas. Such a deep love in fact I have been known to become so squeal-ly I annoy my family. For the last decade my beloved has ever so gently, and yet with many a stern look, […]
Year A, Proper 27 Rev. Katie Holicky, Assistant Rector St. Paul’s Brunswick I love my big brother, Matt, or Doodle as he is lovingly called in our southern family. While, like many siblings, we have had our moments and likely always will, he remains one of my favorite people to adventure with. From […]
Year A, Proper 19 Rev. Katie Holicky, Assistant Rector A few years ago I was humbled and learned so much about forgiveness from some friends back home in Virginia. Katelyn and Patrick had been friends for years. Patrick’s girlfriend even became roommates with Katelyn during college. However, in the fallout of Patrick’s and his girlfriend’s […]
Proper 15, Year A Rev. Katie Holicky, Assistant Rector Maybe it is that the church celebrated St. Mary the mother of Jesus yesterday. A young woman who’s deep heart of justice brought us the words of the Magnificat, the canticle we said just a few moments ago. Or perhaps, this story of this […]
Year A, Proper 13 Rev. Katie Holicky Assistant Rector for Children and Youth In the name of the Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer. Amen. This week our nation bid farewell, to as former President Obama put it, one of the founding fathers of the future of our nation, Congressman John Lewis. A civil rights […]