MONTHLY UPDATE

My sister, Bridget OSU, and I have our monthly visit with Sean Herriott and the listeners of "Morning Air" on Relevant Radio (www.relevantradio.com, or 950 AM in Chicago or 930 AM in the western suburbs of Chicago) on Thursday morning, March 25, 7am-8am CDT. Just a reminder: you can listen to some previous visits as well as last month's visit by clicking "Ministry" above and then clicking Relevant Radio Guest in the upper left-hand sidebar of the page.

'SPIRIT AND LIFE' WITH FR. ALBERT HAASE AND SR. BRIDGET HAASE, a weekly 30-minute radio program that discusses contemporary issues in spirituality and spiritual formation, begins airing on the Relevant Radio Network (see above for your station) the first weekend of this month! Our show launches on Saturday, March 6, at 8:30pm Central with an encore presentation on Sunday, March 7, at 2:30pm Central. We'll be on every weekend in the same time slot. Tune in for a spiritual booster shot! If you missed last weekend's show, a streaming audio file of it is usually posted by Tuesday here.

I'm looking forward to spending the first three weeks of March preaching parish missions at St. Alexander's Catholic Church, Villa Park, IL; St. Daniel the Prophet Catholic Church, Wheaton, IL; and Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Elmhurst, IL. If you're in the area, stop on by!

You can order THE PRIESTLY VOCATION: AN INVITATION TO LIFE, a 70-minute DVD published by Paraclete Press and featuring the lives of seven different priests from across the country (one of them being yours truly!), or watch a trailer for it by clicking here.

InterVarsity Press will release my next book, THIS SACRED MOMENT: Becoming Holy Right Where You Are, in December, 2010.

Peace and all good,

Fr. Albert, OFM