In his homily to ring in Christmas at midnight Mass, Fr. Tony Cutcher contemplates the perfect gift of Christmas. “It’s simple things that Jesus learned at the hands of Joseph and Mary,” he says. “Patience. Love. Forbearance. Humility. These are the gifts that God wants us to have. These are the gifts that God wants us to give one another.”

In his Christmas Eve homily, Fr. Tony Cutcher discusses the profound nature of the Christmas story. He says of God: “He is so in love with each and every one of us that He wants to experience life just as we did, all the way up to and including the worst kind of death you could have.”

In his homily for Guadete Sunday (the 3rd Sunday of Advent), Fr. Tony Cutcher talks about our call to rejoice, to “give God joy in all circumstances.” Drawing a necessary distinction between happiness and joy, he says: “Happiness is kind of skin-level. Joy is something deeper. Joy is that attitude of the heart that sees creation as blessed rather than cursed, that sees God’s hand working in our midst.”

In his homily for the Feast of Christ the King, Fr. Tony Cutcher discusses what it means to have the heart of a king. “When we can see Christ in ourselves,” he says, “we then grab the heart of the King. And with the heart of the King we feed the poor, we clothe the naked, we give drink to the thirsty.”

In his Easter Vigil address, Fr. Tony Cutcher (pastor of the parishes of Dayton XII) welcomes new members into the Church and reflects on how the Resurrection affects the Christian understanding of death: "Our stories tonight tell us that death, for a Christian, is not the end, that death, for a Christian, is just a mere inconvenience..."

In his Good Friday homily, Fr. Tony Cutcher (pastor of the parishes of Dayton XII) reflects on the suffering and death of Jesus as presented via the unique style, tone, and details of the Passion narrative found in the Gospel of John.

Where do you find nourishment? In his Holy Thursday homily, Fr. Tony Cutcher (pastor of the parishes of Dayton XII) reflects on what it means to sit at the table of the Lord: "Everything flows from this table. Everything that we do centers on the Eucharist because it is, truly, the source and summit of our lives as Catholics."

Fr. Eric Roush (parochial vicar at St. Susanna Catholic Church in Mason, Ohio) visited St. Peter Parish during Lent to speak about his conversion to the Catholic faith, his call to the priesthood, and the powerful role the blessed Mother plays in his life.

As part of the Dayton XII lecture series in preparation for our total consecration to Mary, Fr. Ethan Moore attempts to sum it all up: "To grow in love of Mary, to love Mary as Jesus loves Mary, to love Jesus as Mary loves Jesus - that's what we enter into when we consecrate ourselves to the blessed Mother."

Fr. Chris Geiger (from St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church in Milford, Ohio) visited St. Peter Parish in Dayton's Region XII this Lent to speak about his experience with Marian consecration.