web analytics

About Father Chuck Owens

This author has not yet filled in any details.
So far Father Chuck Owens has created 132 blog entries.

The Rest of the Story

My December 31, 2023, sermon on the Historic Campus was entitled, “Christmas: The Rest of the Story” (click here to listen). Using the second chapter of St. Matthew’s Gospel as my primary text, I focused on the truth that we must move beyond “the sentimentality associated with Jesus’ birth” to grasp “the reality associated with Jesus’ death” . . .

By |2024-01-11T12:39:56-05:00January 11th, 2024|Padre's Ponderings|

War Surplus

Wars and rumors of war set the context for my early childhood years . . . I suspect I would have hardly noticed the transition from World War II to the Korean War were it not for two events: my father (a career naval officer) was stationed ashore and I discovered the Army-Navy Surplus Store on King Street in Charleston, SC.  

By |2023-09-13T11:00:54-04:00September 13th, 2023|Padre's Ponderings|
Go to Top