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 […]
Proper 11, Year A The Rev. Katie Holicky, Assistant Rector, St. Paul’s Brunswick In the name of the Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer. Amen. As a millennial growing up in the 90s I had the esteemed privilege of having access to some amazing TV programming. I remember when we got cable and life seemed to change […]
Rev. Katie Holicky, Assistant Rector St. Paul’s, Brunswick Proper 8, Year A In the name of the Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer. Amen. This week I attended a webinar on Racial Justice. Even with my years of learning and personal experience, I too, like many of you, am doing my best to listen and learn. To […]
Rev. Katie Holicky June 7, 2020 First Sunday After Pentecost, Year A In the name of the Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer. Amen. Over the last few months, my husband Phil and I have come to know our neighborhood rather well. We live close to Back Cove in Portland, and due to the high […]