Student Bloopers
Always an interesting and humorous writer, Dr. Thomas Beaudoin, now at Forhdam after two stints at Boston College and Santa Clara has a hysterical piece in America Magazine this week.…
No Hands Now But Ours
Human hands have held great power for all eternity. It is a hand that signs a bill into law or a prisoner over to be executed. Hands have reached out…
Cutie Weds
From the Miami Herald: Fr Alberto Cutie weds his girlfriend of two years in the Episcopal Church. While this guy is saying that he doesn’t want to be the poster…
Extending Jesus’ Message
I was recently asked about why we use the media at Busted Halo® to do ministry and my answer was simple: We’re just doing what Jesus did. That’s right. Jesus…
Priesthood and American Catholicism
We need priests. This has been the echo of not merely vocation directors, other men in the priesthood, the faithful themselves but also the call that has not always been…
And you thought Susan Boyle was inspiring
If these kids don’t win, there’s something wrong with the world. Their mother was hit by a drunk driver and they literally sang her and others in her hospital back…
Longing to Be Like “Mr. Mike Hayes”
There’s only one “Mr. Mike Hayes” and he’s my father. Now at 81, I’ve started to realize that I have fewer Father’s Days ahead of me with my Father, than…
Taking a Brief Vacation
Blogging will cease here until Firday (most likely) as I am spending two days on vacation. I’m not really going anywhere just spending time with the wife and dog (pictured…
All God’s Creatures, Praise the Lord
While the blessing of the animals usually falls on the feast day of St Francis, in San Francisco, that’s not always the case. Clad in flowing golden robes, Deacon Charles…