Category: Faith
Fr. Altier’s Sunday Sermons which appear in The Wanderer
Date Sunday Year 1/29/2023 Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time A 1/22/2023 Third Sunday in Ordinary Time A 1/15/2023 Second Sunday in Ordinary Time A 1/8/2023 Solemnity of the Epiphany A 1/1/2023 Solemnity of the...
Christmas Novena
Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in piercing cold. In that hour, vouchsafe, O...
Pray the Rosary For Your Parish Priest
Here is a powerful way for families to pray the Rosary for their parish priest(s). By praying this Rosary devotion with specific petitions and with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, they will be strengthened in...
Saint Michael the Archangel
A Short History of the Prayer of St. Michael the Archangel The Prayer of St. Michael the Archangel goes back to the late 19th Century. In 1884, Pope Leo XIII was finishing Mass and...
Saint Monica Triduum of Prayer, August 26-28
Feast of Saint Monica: August 27th & Feast of Saint Augustine: August 28th Daily Novena PrayerDear Saint Monica, once the sorrowing mother of a wayward son, be pleased to present our petition to the...
The Fourth Commandment: Honor Your Father and Mother by Fr. Robert Altier
These letters on the Fourth Commandment were originally published in the bulletin for the Church of St. Raphael. January 2020 In our considerations of the Ten Commandments, we have come now to the Fourth...
2019 CPO Ultimate Lenten Youth Retreat Talks
If you missed the 2019 Catholic Parents OnLine Ultimate Lenten Youth Retreat, or if you attended and would like to see any of the talks again, you are in luck! Fr. Altier – The...
Fr. Altier Tells the Whole Truth about the Abuse Scandals 8/19/18
The following is a transcription of the August 19, 2018 homily given at the Church of St. Raphael in Crystal, Minnesota by Fr. Robert Altier. In the second reading today St. Paul tells us...
Why the Light of Purity is Needed to See the Mystery of Sex
Reverence is a fundamental component of purity.
