St. Joseph's Church, Elko, Nevada.

10/03/2026

Some final images from a most memorable pilgrimage. Thank the Lord and thank you all.

10/02/2026

Una fecha para tu calendaria…

10/01/2026

Don’t forget, this Sunday at 11am… but remember…

🐾 “Thou shalt not chase the priest.”
🐾 “Thou shalt share thy treats.”
🐾 “Thou shalt sit still for 30 seconds… or at least try.” 😂

All pets welcome! Dogs, cats, and all God’s creatures, great and small!
Spread the word…🐕🙏🐾

10/01/2026

This October, take the Live Like Francis Challenge
What does it mean to live like Francis in today's world?

This October, you're invited to answer Pope Leo’s call to follow in St. Francis’ footsteps and participate in the Live Like Francis Challenge, a monthlong opportunity to practice Franciscan values through simple, intentional actions. Every week, we'll focus on a theme rooted in a pillar of the Franciscan tradition, offering ways to live in the spirit of St. Francis through care for creation, community life, prayer and relationships.

See the calendar below for a daily challenge throughout October. Some invite you to pray or reflect; others encourage acts of kindness, care or service in the world around you. Pause and consider how the Franciscan way of life can emerge in ordinary situations of everyday life.

If you would like to receive these challenges and a brief reflection via email, click here to sign up.

It's not another list of tasks to complete. Rather, it's an opportunity to let each day offer its own invitation: to encounter, to give thanks and to notice how, little by little, we can all live like Francis.

10/01/2026

When the angel Gabriel appeared to Mary to tell her that she would conceive and bear a son, Mary responded with her fiat, “May it be done to me according to your word” (Lk 1:38). Mary conceives Christ in her womb, becoming the mother of God, the mother of Jesus. Jesus himself tells us that he is “the way and the truth and the life” (Jn 14:6). In becoming the mother of Jesus, Mary becomes the mother of life. Mary’s acceptance in this unforeseen moment demonstrates how each of us must welcome the gift of new human life, even when that gift is unexpected or calls us to make sacrifices.

Eve was called the “mother of all the living” (Gen 3:20). Unfortunately, her disobedience brought sin into the world. In contrast Mary, through her obedience to God, gives birth to our Salvation. Mary becomes the New Eve—the new mother of all the living. Her fiat gives us an example of perfect docility and cooperation with the will of God.

At the Annunciation, when Mary learns that her elderly cousin Elizabeth is six months pregnant, she travels in haste to visit Elizabeth, spending the next three months at her side, even while pregnant herself. In her selfless service to Elizabeth, the Blessed Mother perfectly models how we are called to accompany expectant mothers as they prepare to welcome new life into the world.
Mary’s role as the Mother of Life extends from the Annunciation all the way to the Crucifixion. On Calvary, Mary stands at the foot of the Cross with Saint John. The Gospel tells us: “When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved, he said to his mother, ‘Woman, behold, your son.’ Then he said to the disciple, ‘Behold, your mother.’ And from that hour the disciple took her into his home” (Jn 19:26-27).
With his final breaths on the Cross, Jesus entrusts Mary and the Beloved Disciple to one another, and by extension establishes a maternal relationship between Mary and the Church. Jesus’ words are addressed not only to Saint John, but to each one of us. In this moment, the physical mother of Jesus becomes the spiritual mother of the Church and all the faithful. Saint John goes on to take Mary into his home and cares for her as she advances in age, demonstrating our responsibility to continue our care for human life, from conception to natural death. Mary, who taught us how to nurture human life, becomes the recipient of that same honor and care.
The life of the Blessed Mother teaches us to respect each human life in every stage and circumstance. Mary is our model for upholding the sanctity of all human life. O Mary, “Mother of the living, to you do we entrust the cause of life.”

Reflection adapted from “Mary, Mother of Life.”

Pope John Paul II, Evangelium vitae, 105

10/01/2026

09/30/2026

And still going strong (at 562 Fourth St)

114 YEARS AGO TODAY…
On September 29, 1912, Carlin's Sacred Heart Catholic Church was dedicated.
For generations, the building we now know as the Old Church on Main was a place where people gathered—where families celebrated, mourned, worshiped, and made memories.

Today, exactly 114 years after its dedication, we're celebrating this historic Carlin landmark by taking another step toward its future.

The Carlin Historical Society is excited to introduce the new page for the Carlin Heritage and Performing Arts Center. This page will follow the Old Church on Main through the next chapter of its story. We'll share historic photographs and memories, behind-the-scenes preservation work, restoration updates, fundraising progress, and our plans to bring this treasured building back to life as a place for arts, culture, events, and community gatherings.

114 years ago, Carlin celebrated the dedication of a new church.
Today, we're asking our community to follow along as we work to ensure that the same building has a future worthy of its past.
Please follow the Carlin Heritage and Performing Arts Center page, invite your friends, and join us for the journey ahead.
The next chapter begins today.
Restore Our Heritage. Build Our Future.

Carlin Heritage and Performing Arts Center

09/30/2026

Tomorrow is the feast of the “Little Flower”, St. Therese of the Child Jesus. Here’s something for the day…

✉️ Before he became Pope John Paul I, Albino Luciani wrote a letter to Saint Thérèse. He remembered reading her autobiography as a young man and returned to it years later. This time, what moved him most was the way she loved God and her neighbor.

🔗 https://twp.ai/9OaVpN

09/29/2026