Cloudy and Mild
For those concerned, I want to let you know that the situation in question has resolved somewhat. Not greatly, so ongoing prayers are needed but for now, it seems as…
Happy 2010!
Hope your New Year is as good as my 2009 was. From left to right top row: 1) My high school reunion which we planned on facebook. Class of 1988…
Discerning Priesthood: Kicking and Screaming
Tom Gibbons, CSP, a Paulist Seminarian and all around great guy has been blogging for BustedHalo on his experience as a seminarian. Today’s edition was quite good. A snip: A…
Pope Attack Video
American Papist has this exclusive: Papist goes on to say: “ was down for about 30 seconds total, and he appeared to be just fine when he got up. A…
Named After St Joseph
As a parishioner of St. Joseph’s University Parish in Buffalo these days, I was particularly disappointed to not be able to go to mass there on the Feast of the…
Merry Christmas
Now there were shepherds in that region living in the fields and keeping the night watch over their flock.The angel of the Lord appeared to them and the glory of…
R.I.P. Schilllebeeckx
Influential Dutch theologian Edward Schilllebeeckx has died of natural causes today at the age of 95. NCR has the story Schilllebeeckx was one of the most influential theologians during and…
Brooklyn Diocese: Currents Studio Collapses
The holidays often bring with it unexpected disasters. In this case I received this horrible note from our friend and fellow blogger Deacon Greg Kandra, who I often refer to…
Although It’s Been Said…Many Times, Many Ways…
Nothing was quite like this Christmas break… Actually it wasn’t quite Christmas break, I was a college freshman and they were fighting. My college roommate, Joe and his then-girlfriend Lori…
Yes Fordham, There is a Santa Claus
A retroactive Hat Tip to my classmates Joe Squillace and Tracy Crimmins from Fordham University where this story originated at Christmas 1991. Joe and Tracy were students at Fordham and…