Episode 982 (10:22)
In this episode: Our new Parochial Vicar, Fr. Dominic Sternhagen, is preaching; He introduces him self and shares some thought about the peace that Jesus offers and how it is different the absence of war.
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I am a Catholic priest, ordained in 2000 for the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon.
