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 […]

Rev. Katie Holicky, Assistant Rector Easter 5, Year A: John 14:1-14 In the name of the Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer. Amen. This week we find ourselves in the midst of John’s farewell discourse. This moment after Jesus has washed the feet of and eaten with his friends. He knows what is to come and offers […]