Dec
24
I’ve told this story many times before including here on this blog. It’s from my Fordham days and it never gets old. My classmates Joe Squillace and Tracy Crimmins who are both still friends today were the community service types in college and they ran the annual “Give a Child a Christmas” campaign. Honestly it’s …
Sep
15
Proud as a peach of my alma mater today after hosting the illustrious Stephen Colbert of the acclaimed Colbert Report and the esteemed Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan for an evening on Catholic Humor, which at times turned serious. The animation pictured above is awesome and was created by Fordham Senior, Tim Luecke. …
Jun
26
I was going through old notes and pictures and other paraphernalia recently and began to tell some old stories of the college days. This one from my sophomore year is one of my favorites. We held a dance in each residence hall at Fordham each year called the “Screw Your Roommate Dance” which essentially meant …
Jun
19
This is an amazing effort by Joe Patane, of MTV’s Real World: Miami fame. Now a social worker and a licensed therapist, Joe has built a foundation and started Dream Camps for teens who have been through many traumatic experiences in their lives. He’s worked hard at finding a production company that won’t exploit the …
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 …
Oct
27
Continuing our kinship theme of the week. Here’s Msgr. Joseph G. Quinn, Vice President, of Fordham University’s Mission and Ministry Office. A great guy. As he presented me with my award he told me that he had always wanted to meet me and that I had been a great alumnus of the school. I’m not …
Oct
22
So our evening at Fordham was a huge success. I was so humbled by the award and honored to share the stage with two great heroes of mine and many other great folks. Fr. Greg Boyle regaled us with stories of the homies that he serves in his ministry to gang members. My favorite story …
Oct
21
I hope it happens after I get my award at Fordham. Some would say that me getting an award of any kind might actually cause the rapture. Thanks to Paul Snatchko for the place to stay this weekend fun filled extravaganza. Besides the award ceremony at Fordham tonight, Hope Villella gets married on Sunday! Hope, …
Oct
18
This Friday I will be receiving the Sapientia et Doctrina Award at Fordham, my alma mater and where I also received my Master’s. I really love Fordham and the Rose Hill Campus and I’m extremely honored by the award being bestowed on me by the Graduate School of Religion. The awards dinner is an opportunity …
Apr
13
A two-fer for today’s giveaway. My good friend Fr. Mark Mossa, S.J., who blogs at GODsTALKed has an excellent piece on the modern concept of friends, vis-a-vis Facebook and Cell phones. Here’s the most interesting clip IMO. This has got me thinking that, as strange as it might sound, that a good way to reflect …
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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