Author: Fr. Patrick McGuire

Greetings once more from the High Desert, living up to its name as temperatures rise under the cloudless blue sky. Zuni St Anthony School – The 2024 Graduates I delayed a little in sending out this month’s letter so as […]

There is an old saying: “you win some and you lose some.” The adage is reverberating through my thoughts as I consider the last couple of weeks at St. Anthony’s. But let’s begin with the winnings that must never be […]

Greetings once more from the high desert of New Mexico! Although “desert” seems somewhat inappropriate for a landscape covered in snow. In fact, it looks as if we might have a white Easter! Hail, rain or snow, St. Anthony’s continues […]

Greetings from the high desert where winter is slowly changing into spring despite some very cold evenings and nights. Although we have been through a rough winter, we are grateful for the snow and rain. We all know how necessary […]

By the time this letter reaches you, 2024 will be well underway, but I think it is never too late to wish friends a Happy New Year. I pray that the year will be blessed for all of us. Since […]

Now that we have completed our centenary celebrations of the Mission and school, our hearts can turn to a celebration of Christmas. But a casual remark passed by our bishop at the centenary Mass of thanksgiving, linger in my thoughts […]

Greetings once again from all of us at St. Anthony’s! First of all, I want to send my most heartfelt greetings and best wishes 
to you during this month of Thanksgiving. Many years ago in Scotland, a friend of mine […]

Fall greetings from all of us at St. Anthony’s!I apologize once again for my delay in writing. Our monthly newsletter is always a priority, however, time constraints and the daily demands of keeping our “heads above water” sometimes restrict what […]

Greetings once more from St. Anthony – 101. No, we haven’t changed our name. We just wanted to share with you our excitement that, as school resumed a couple of weeks ago, we entered into the one hundred and first […]

A Century of Service! One school year has ended and I am busy preparing the campus for next year’s crop of students. The work continues in an unending cycle of forming generations to build fruitful lives. I have already written […]

Warm greetings once again from the sun-baked high desert, where trees are blooming, birds are singing, and weeds are growing at an alarming rate. There is a strangely tense but lighthearted mood in the School this month as we rapidly […]

Easter Greetings from all at St. Anthony’s. I hope that you found the Easter celebrations as wonderful and joyous as we did in Zuni. As I mentioned in my last letter March was a time of preparation and anticipation at […]

Greetings once more from all at St. Anthony’s. I hope that the old adage about March entering like a lion and leaving like at lamb holds true. The cold, snow and icy winds have taken their toll on the community […]

Warm greetings once more from all at St. Anthony’s. I say “warm” in the hope that friendly words will compensate a little for the chilling wind and snow that we have being experiencing. Below freezing temperatures, early morning followed by […]

Greetings once more from a very, very cold Zuni. We wish all our friends everything that is good in 2023. We fell behind in correspondence during December and I apologize for the delay in replying to letters. Thankfully, we have […]

“A Child is born for you, he is Christ the Lord” I remember vividly my visit to Bethlehem in 1999. The splendor of the churches and the excitement among our pilgrims faded as I stared at the tiny spot within […]

Greetings once again from all at St. Anthony’s where ‘time stands still for no man’, as the old saying goes. On a visit to one of the stores in Gallup, I found Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas decorations all on sale […]

As always I send warm greetings from the High Desert, as we near the end of the first quarter of our school year. While I am put away my light weight summer clothes and long sleeved shirts are put back […]

Sometimes I feel all I can do is sit back and scratch my head in wonder! I had our August newsletter all written and ready to send when our printing machine decided to give up the ghost. It took the […]

Thankfully the students are back “bright eyed and bushy tailed”! Well at least full of energy and all say they are happy to be back in school. I suspect their parents are truly delighted also. This has been a long […]