Since I’ve seen a few bloggers incorrectly quote 98 year old Yankee announcer Bob Sheppard saying that he was going to be back at the Stadium on July 1–I’d like to clear up what he actually said in my article from BustedHalo.com awhile back about his possible return to the stadium after his long illness. …
Tag Archive: random events
Jul
06
Reflections on my Last World Youth Day in Toronto
So back in 2002 I went to World Youth Day in Toronto, the last WYD that John Paul II attended. I remember the place being overloaded with teen-agers most of the week. In reality this event was supposed to be for college students and younger adults just starting out in life. The connotation of "youth" …
Jul
03
John Allen Comments on Archbishop Burke and his Promotion
Awesome article today from our esteemed colleague John Allen on the promotion of Archbishop Raymond Burke of St. Louis as Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura–essentially the highest Court of the Catholic Church. Burke is the Archbishop who has taken the lead amongst U.S. Bishops in showing pro-choice politicians the door when it comes to having …
Jul
02
World Youth Day in Australia
If you are lucky enough to be going to the land down under for World Youth Day with the Pope–then drop me a line here via this blog and we’ll have a get-together while we are there in Sydney. http://feeds2.feedburner.com/GooglingGod
Jul
02
BustedHalo Cast: New RSS Feed
Hey folks– If you are one of our loyal BustedHalo Cast listeners, we now have a new RSS Feed. http://bustedhalocast.libsyn.com/rss http://feeds2.feedburner.com/GooglingGod
Jun
30
Our friend Rapheal Prevot (RIP)
I went to the funeral of a friend today who died of colon cancer and who was not yet 50 years old and has an 8 year old son. Rapheal was a great guy, not just a lawyer but the labor relations council for the National Football League’s management counsel. I knew him simply as …
Jun
30
Wall-E
A great review of a movie I hadn’t planned on seeing today by Jeff Guhin on BustedHalo http://feeds2.feedburner.com/GooglingGod
Jun
29
John Allen and Ron Rohlheiser
I had planned on blogging some of this myself but wanted to digest it further. John Allen and Ron Rohlheiser were two speakers at the Paulist 150th Celebration. Gashwin blogs a good post on these two giants. http://feeds2.feedburner.com/GooglingGod
Jun
29
Under a bushel basket
Fr. Steven Bell, CSP celebrates his first mass today. The gospel is the bit about “You are the light of the world.” And also, “You can’t hide your light under a bushel basket.” Let me tell you straightforward: Fr. Steven always lets his light shine and has been a light for so many–especially when they …
Jun
26
Go Bishops Go!
The U.S. Bishops addressed a letter to the leaders headed to the G8 Summitt on July 7-9. Some Highlights: As the G8 Summit in Japan approaches, we write on behalf of the Catholic bishops’ conferences to the leaders of our respective nations to urge you to deepen your commitments and actions to reduce global poverty …
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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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