From this morning’s NY Times: For more than 30 years, the University of Colorado has enforced a sensible policy banning guns from its campuses. The ban worked well until March, when the State Supreme Court agreed with a student’s complaint that it violated a state law allowing citizens with “concealed- carry” permits to carry guns …
Category Archive: mental illness
Sep
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Jul
30
Prayers for the Vatican Staff
At the Vatican today a man is threatening to jump off of the dome! How he got up there in the first place is a question I’d like to ask. Vatican security is trying to talk him down. The networks will steer clear of live coverage in case of the worst scenario. So please pray …
Apr
30
Taking Sleep for Granted
So now it can be told, I started working out again just before Lent started. I’m down roughly 13 pounds even with being inconsistent with workouts because of Alternative Spring Break (I missed a week and then the trainer was out of town the following week). I’ve added a lot of muscle and dropped a …
Sep
26
The Chasm
Barenaked Ladies has a great song called “War on Drugs” in which they discuss the Bloor Street Bridge in Toronto. It was the 2nd highest suicide site after the Golden Gate Bridge in North America. And so the city decided to build a net to catch people if they decided to jump. It took a …
Aug
02
Her Homeless Brother
Ashley Womble is writing a memoir on Salon and this piece about her homeless brother will resonate with anyone who has experience working with homeless people with mental illness. “Do you consider yourself homeless?” I asked. “Oh, yes!” he answered proudly. I wondered if the constant motion of wandering from town to town, never knowing …
Jul
20
In Gratitude for Recovery from Illness…
Fran, over at St Edward’s Blog writes today after a serious illness landed her in the hospital in need of relinquishing one gallbladder. Her thoughts on the gratitude of not merely recovering but of the gift of awareness throughout her procedure (which included several complications) simply amazes me. In any event, I did not eat …
Jun
29
Praying While Depressed
For those who suffer from clinical depression, prayer may just be one more thing to get depressed about (believe it or not). I remember when someone close to me died and another relation of the deceased who suffered from depression was told to “stay strong and pray” but clearly just couldn’t do it. Therese Borchard …
May
31
Seminary Application: Question #1: Are You Gay?
The New York Times has an unbelievable story today about the seminary application process and the concentration on whether someone is homosexual or not. Here’s a snip with a few snarky comments of my own in parentheses. Msgr. Stephen Rossetti, a psychologist at Catholic University who has screened seminarians and once headed a treatment center …
May
30
Three in One
We often mistake the trinity for three divisible individuals, forgetting that God does all things. So it is always the three persons working in unity together. God the Father doesn’t just create, but he also sanctifies and redeems along with the other two persons of the trinity. The persons of the Trinity often allows us …
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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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