May
16
20 years ago today, I graduated from Fordham University with a B.A. in English. Pictured above from left to right is ME! (with hair), Joonmo Ku, Joe Patane (of Real World Fame) and Steve Fahy four of my close friends from my class. Two things to reflect on today: the first is that graduation day …
May
16
They say a picture is worth 1000 words and Mary Williams, a wonderful campus and youth minister in Montana who I got to know at the Frank J. Lewis Institute seems to know that better than the rest of us. Her photo blog is AMAZING! She’s newly married and so, I stole this pic of …
May
13
I was honored to be asked to give the invocation at this years UB graduation ceremony. Special thanks goes to the Office of Special Events for all their help. I had to keep it interfaith to represent all of the various religions (and for those who practice no religion) of the University community. I got …
May
10
So this week, I volunteered some time to work at the UB Medical School’s Behling Simulation Center. It’s the coolest place I’ve been to on campus. Check it out: So what do I do there? Well, I only observed the other day but essentially, I’ll be an actor. Meaning, I get to play roles of …
May
07
The Boston Globe reports an uptick in people seeking spiritual directors, especially amongst younger people. Driving the growth are millennials like Weaver, who are more apt than previous generations to identify as “spiritual but not religious.’’ Ed Cardoza, Weaver’s spiritual director and the founder of Still Harbor, a South Boston nonprofit, mostly sees people in …
Apr
16
The Cardinal Newman Society always gets their man…. Except when they get the wrong guy. The society claims to have the market cornered on what makes a Catholic college. It’s ridiculous at times and at times I can see their point. Often however they can be so focused on trying to find fault with certain …
Apr
16
Five years ago Virginia Tech was a Campus in Chaos. Bloodshed in classrooms and dorms–who ever could imagine such tragedy? People were killed simply because they decided to go to class that day. One young man was deeply disturbed and everyone ignored the signs of his trouble. He was in desperate need of mental health …
Mar
15
This is the embed for hictv.com which live streamed my lecture at Chaminade University. They’ll be giving me an embed code for the entire presentation in a few days for those who missed the live feed.
Mar
15
You can catch a live stream of my keynote today at 5p Hawaii time at www.hictv.com
Mar
15
So I’m thinking about some students while I’m away at another university here in Honolulu. Some are away on an alternative break to Philadelphia with my colleague. One student is Maria Jose Barrera who you might remember from the video below. Maria follows her call to service wherever she goes. This is her second Alternative …
Mike Hayes is an author, commentator, Campus Minister and Spiritual Director. He founded the award winning BustedHalo.com in 2001 and wrote the book Googling God with Paulist Press in 2007. Mike is currently a Campus Minister at The University at Buffalo where he serves on the staff of St Joseph University Church. He is available for speaking engagements, retreats and personal spiritual direction.Social Widgets powered by AB-WebLog.com.
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