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September 2014

September 17, 2014

Divorce. Remarriage. And the Eucharist.

There is a lot of talk right now about how to handle the divorced &...

September 12, 2014

Their hearts are set upon the pilgrimage. – Psalm 84

Many years ago, I wrote an article for diocesan newspapers on the theme faith is a...

September 07, 2014

Former Protestant Makes Case for Pilgrimages

We were visiting Washington D.C. the summer my dad received a phone call that a parishioner had...

September 04, 2014

Ferguson & Israel

I stopped watching news coverage of Ferguson. Too much hype. It gave the impression to...

August 2014

August 14, 2014

St. Maximilian Kolbe & the persecuted in Iraq

When I think of St. Maximilian Kolbe, I think of someone who willing gave his...

July 2014

July 17, 2014

A Life Lived for Others

A number of years ago, the head of a crisis pregnancy center told me that the key to helping women...

July 16, 2014

Post Novena Thoughts on the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

I have just spent an hour with my best friend and spiritual mentor. It always...

July 11, 2014

Remembering Israel, the Pope, and the words that matter now more than ever…

Last May, I traveled to Israel with the Catholic Press Association as a guest of...

July 08, 2014

A Wispy Grace

Memories of Dad are a gift. A blessing. I pause life – the social-media scanning,...

July 06, 2014

Mere Steps

It's Sunday. If you are Catholic, you know what that means. Resurrection. Christ has risen....

July 01, 2014

No Place for Reluctance in the Gospel Mission

The book is done. The editor has it. She wrote to say that it is...

June 2014

June 30, 2014

Grace flows from wounds such as these.

So it is time to let down my hair. I am home from my retreat....

June 24, 2014

A Month After The Yad Vashem Museum

High school debate class taught me something, and I have lived long enough to see...

June 20, 2014

Two Questions Every Presenter (and Catholic writer) Should Ask

I just signed up for Prezi. It is supposed to revolutionize the speaking industry. It's...

June 17, 2014

Catholic Grandmothers

To all those Catholic grandmothers who love to read to your grandchildren... I'm just like...

June 08, 2014

Breaking News

Prayers for peace.

May 2014

May 26, 2014

Pope Francis on Security, Tranquility, Prosperity & Fraternity

I met these young men at today's meeting between President Shimon Peres of Israel and...

May 24, 2014

Caesarea Philippi, Church of Peter, and Capernaum

Primacy of Peter There is a church near Tiberias called the Primacy of Peter, or...

May 21, 2014

Day One: International Flight

As I always do, I began this flight with a prayer. I don't know if...

May 20, 2014

And so it begins…Domestic Flight

Just before take-off, a flock of birds took to flight outside my window. He gives...

May 18, 2014

Israel: T-Minus One Day

May 18, 2014 -Last night, I finished reading the Gospel of St. Mark. I read...

May 16, 2014

Israel: Pre-trip Interview With The Catholic Press Team

May 16, 2014 - Here is an interview I did with fellow Catholic Press Association...

May 12, 2014

Holy Land Pre-trip Log: T Minus 8 Days and Counting

May 12, 2014 The dates have changed slightly. We will be leaving for Israel on...

May 02, 2014

Follow Along As The Catholic Press Visits Israel May 18-28

The countdown has begun. The laptop, iPad, and iPhone are ready. The customs-friendly backpack awaits....

April 2014

April 25, 2014

How to be Happy in Middle Age

We met in the baby aisle. She was older than I am - by maybe...

April 21, 2014

The Absurdity of "Decluttering Catholicism"

My friend is attending a class on life after a divorce. She is Catholic. She...

April 19, 2014

Holy Saturday

Today a great silence reigns on earth, a great silence and a great stillness. A...

April 18, 2014

This night, they come. And there is nothing like it outside of the Catholic Church.

There is nothing like it outside of the Catholic Church. On this night, they come....

April 17, 2014

East Meets West – Holy Father and Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I

The East and West have never been closer to unity than right now. Perhaps there...

April 14, 2014

God's Plan for You. Embracing Next Things.

I read something yesterday in Fr. James Martin's Jesus: A Pilgrimage. It made me think...