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February 2022

February 04, 2022

To Open the Door in Darkness

We had a bit of weather in Steubenville. It started Wednesday night with rain that...

October 2021

October 19, 2021

On Harassment and Spiritual Abuse in the Confessional

A friend mentioned online that she had been sexually harassed in the confessional. She...

May 2021

May 11, 2021

When We Fail Our Children

I used to mentor a child, through a program in the town I grew...

April 2021

April 20, 2021

America is Guilty as Sin

There's been so much horror going on in my hometown lately that I haven't had time...

April 09, 2021

Franciscan University Responds to the Father Morrier Rape Indictment, And I Have Questions

This morning the Steubenville Herald-Star published an article quoting a statement on Father David...

April 06, 2021

The Snake in the Plaster and the Resurrection

I always get tongue-tied when it comes time to talk about the Resurrection. I'm...

April 02, 2021

Good Friday and the Scandal of Christ the Victim

Yesterday I re-posted my piece on Christ as a victim of sexual abuse, drawing on...

February 2021

February 28, 2021

A Response to the USCCB’s Dangerous Twitter Thread

I want to say a few words about The Equality Act, and about...

February 26, 2021

A Golden Calf? Or Another Idol?

Everybody's talking about the Golden Calf today. This all started because, for some reason,...

February 22, 2021

The Preppers, the Can Opener, and the Plight of the Homeless

I've just discovered a whole catalog of things that will be great for helping the...

February 04, 2021

On the Feast of Saint Blaise, Bishop And Martyr

It snowed hard this week. Last winter was so warm it didn't snow more than...

January 2021

January 14, 2021

The United States is Executing the Second Disabled Person in 48 Hours

I know that this is exhausting to think about, so soon after the last...

January 13, 2021

Lisa Montgomery is Being Tied to a Bed

Lisa Montgomery spent the day in the Death House. Well, truth be told, she...

January 10, 2021

It’s Orwellian, But Not The Way You Think

A lot has happened since the last time I blogged. People are still reeling from...

January 08, 2021

The Death Toll of the Pro-Life Movement Goes On

Five people are dead. They just announced the fifth death from Wednesday's coup attempt...

January 06, 2021

The Religious Right Attempts A Coup

This is what happens when you incite war. And yes, Trump's cronies have been...

December 2020

December 23, 2020

Abby Johnson’s Downfall and the Heresy of Americanism

Let's say you were a public practicing Catholic, famous for your conversion to Catholicism, and...

December 13, 2020

The Jericho March is a Sad Testimony to the State of American Christianity

I didn't watch the entire "Jericho March" that took place in Washington yesterday. I read...

December 07, 2020

Lisa Montgomery’s Upcoming Execution is an Atrocity

You have probably heard by now that the United States government is about to perform...

November 2020

November 21, 2020

A Walk After Leaf-fall

It's not that there isn't a lot to be thankful for, the weekend before...

November 10, 2020

The McCarrick Report: The Vatican Owns Up To Enabling Abuse

Today, we finally get to see the long-awaited McCarrick Report, a massive public document...

September 2020

September 14, 2020

Under a Charcoal Sky

I saw a photo on Twitter today, of migrant workers picking cucumbers with N-95 masks...

September 14, 2020

A Whistleblower Alleges: Mass Hysterectomies at Ice Detention Center

I know that there's a lot to think about right now. There has been plenty...

September 13, 2020

While We Worried About Imaginary Children

Over the weekend, it's been revealed that our nation has expelled 8,800 unaccompanied minors...

September 06, 2020

Rod Dreher, Drunk Driving, and the Problem of White Privilege

I just read Rod Dreher's unbelievably racist, ugly, self-satisfied essay "Moral Order and Civil Conflict"...

August 2020

August 29, 2020

The Children At the Unity Kitchen

I used to volunteer at the Unity Kitchen. I still don't know if the Unity...

August 28, 2020

Every Town is Money

Today is the Roman Catholic feast of Saint Augustine, who was an African man with...

August 18, 2020

Nothing Can Make This Right

I found out today that a baby had died alone. It was all over...

August 09, 2020

Christians Must Not Seek Power

Today I read an excellent article in the New York Times. You'd be well served...

July 2020

July 07, 2020

The Hero of Somebody’s Story

Independence Day weekend was hot in Steubenville: breathtakingly hot. The grass was brown, it...