Jesus meets Aristotle

Dear OL of the Assumption Parishioners and Friends;

Based upon the great experience of last year’s St. Patrick’s Dinner, I would like to invite you for an evening of good food, fellowship and another Jesus meets Aristotle lecture on Philosophy and Catholicism on Thursday, March 13, 2025, at 6:00 PM in our Parish Hall. In addition to a delicious traditional corn beef and cabbage dinner, we will talk and discuss the questions I will present in the topic for the evening: “From Big Bank to Gulag and Auschwitz; What went wrong?”

Let’s take a look: Patron Saint of our Diocese of Bridgeport could not voice it in better way; In Book X, ch.4 of His Confessions, St. Augustine reasons in such a serene way about the mystery of God: “Who is that God I love? I asked the earth, and that answered me: I am not it (…). I asked the sea and the depths, and the creeping things (…), I asked the fleeting winds and the whole air (…), I ask the heavens, then sun, and moon and stars: No, we are not the God you seek! (…) who are you then, I asked, who is that God I seek? He made us, they all answered (…).” Why then so much evil exists in the world? Why innocent people suffer? How come such a wonderful Universe could host such an ungrateful being as human being? How the complexity of our Micro and Macro – Cosmos could not serve as a proof for the existence of God? Dinner will be served at 6:00 PM and lecture and discussion will follow at 6:30 PM. Water, soda and coffee will be available, if you prefer another beverage, please feel free to BYOB. If you plan on attending, RSVP is requested by calling Lisa at the parish office or by email [email protected] no later than Sunday, March 9. All are welcome! I hope to see many of you.

Fr. Mirek

Pastor