Deacon Greg pointed me to this today. The interesting thing is that Reagan was divorced and it seems as if he was looking to make sure that his son, Mike, didn’t make the same mistakes in marriage that he did. An excerpt from Letters of Note: There is an old law of physics that you …
Category Archive: marriage
May
16
Apr
20
10 Years Later… Still Married
We often mark significant benchmarks in our lives, say an 18th or 21st birthday. A Golden Anniversary. How long it’s been since the Cubs won the World Series. What I’m beginning to notice with the passage of time is that this is both a significant and an insignificant practice. It’s significant because for many, the …
Apr
02
Banning Ice Cream From Brooklyn Parks
So a delighful rant is on Jezebel today that I really enjoyed. It seems a bunch of mothers in Brooklyn’s posh Park Slope are banning together to oust ice cream vendors from their local park. Now it’s not because they don’t want their kids to get fat, rather, it’s because they don’t want to say …
Mar
22
Monks Don’t Vow Silence
Carl McColman over at Patheos has a great piece on how the Cistercians respect for silence has been misinterpreted over the years as a vow. Their restraint on speech comes from a different place. He compares their affinity for silence to the commitment that married couples make to one another as the result of their …
Mar
21
How to Stay Married: The Wedding is Not the Marriage
So for the past year now, Marion and I have been helping prepare couples for marriage at our parish. Many of them come to their wedding day in very good shape. They know each other well and are determined to face whatever life’s challenges are together. But some get a wake up call. There’s usually …
Mar
14
Day 22: Lenten 50 Day Giveaway: A Birthday of Fun
Today is my wife Marion’s birthday and we are still in Honolulu. I have nothing on my schedule until dinnertime and so this morning we’ll head out to the water to do some whale watching on a lovely boat in Waikiki. We don’t get to do things like this as work and time and other …
Mar
04
Day 12: Lenten 50 Day Giveaway: Appreciating Marriage
Aarti Rego-Pereira is a professor at UB now, but I remember when she was just a graduate student. When I first arrived at St. Joe’s everyone told me that I had to meet Aarti and sure enough, they were right. Aarti was fairly recently married and I had the pleasure of meeting her husband, Clinton …
Feb
17
Engaging Memories
Yesterday was the 11 year anniversary of my engagement to my bride, Marion. I was a bit busy yesterday and didn’t get to write much and so I’d like to recount a few memories of the time. Buying the ring was pretty easy, surprisingly. My friend and best man has a friend who works in …
Feb
14
Because the Custodian Married the Pretty Brunette
Valentine’s Day of course, makes me think of my darling wife. And I have the opportunity each day to love her and to be a good husband to her because of the now nearly 62 years that my own parents have been married to each other. I can’t remember a time that those two were …
Feb
14
Do You Know Jack About Valentine’s Day?
Fr. Jack Collins, CSP, my good friend and another intrepid report from the streets of NYC. I’m still laughing at this one and learned a thing or two myself! Best one yet! Enjoy!
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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.
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