Fr. Jack Wintz

The ministry of Friar Jack -- especially his published work about our precious pets -- affirms that a quiet, gentle spirit is precious to God. (1 Peter 3:4) In my previous entries (Jan 2023 and March 2022) I referenced the importance of his book "I Will See You in Heaven" in relation to our Pembroke Welsh Corgis. Since my last entry, my sister-in-law commissioned this wall hanging quilt made from the various bandannas that our Service Dog Maggie (2010-2022) wore while working in the...

Friar Jack's amazing book "I Will See You in Heaven" not only was of immeasurable value in terms of spiritual comfort and healing wisdom in dealing with the passing of a precious pet [see my March 2022 entry that references Our Precious Maggie of blessed memory], but it inspired and taught us that we could honor her memory by adopting a special dog in search of its forever home. We adopted Cali the California Girl - a retired AKC Champion Show Dog - who had living in a kennel for five years...

God Bless Fr. Winter. After reading his Making Sense Out of Suffering Therapy, for I recently lost my teen daughter, I found this book at my Church on the book exchange shelf It helped me heal and was extremely impactful in my grieving process. I didn't want to keep the book out of selfishness, so I returned it back to our book exchange at the church and bought a used copy online so as to be able to reread it again and again. Learning about this great man's passing, i was inspired even...

Friar Jack's wonderful book "I Will See You in Heaven" is filled with healing wisdom and spiritual comfort that has made an immeasurable positive difference for me as we mourn the passing of Our Precious Maggie, a Pembroke Welsh Corgi who was a registered service animal. Friar Jack's writings were inspired by the Holy Spirit as they affirm that our relationship with our precious pets helps us and our furry friends in our journey toward salvation in union with God. I am forever grateful for...

We offer up our prayers and sympathy to family. Tese, I was at ICA with you. So you are in my prayers on the loss of your brother. I really appreciated the Mass when he was the presider. His words were encouraging. Bless you, Martha (Woods) Nuhn

Catholic Update was my best go-to resource in 14 years teaching high school religion. Jack was a genius in getting concepts across in a meaningful way!

Prayer done with great love!
Br Kevin Dismas Moshier fsp