Do Your Vulnerabilities Keep You Hostage?
This year I’ve been journeying with some of our Catholic Volunteers here in Buffalo. Their experience of living in community is always a challenge for each one of them. I…
Since You Asked About My Sister…
Many people have asked about my sister’s health lately so here goes. She has officially kicked cancer’s bee-hind. After being diagnosed with colon cancer earlier last month, she is officially…
Are Single Sex Dorms the Answer to the Hook Up Culture?
Catholic U is bucking the trend and dumping co-ed dorms. Apparently, they think students have a hard time controlling their urges when they are in close proximity to one another…
Mormons: Kinda Weird, Kinda Not
Any chance you caught the Tony Awards and this performance from the Best Play, Book of Mormon? I like that they poke fun at the Mormons here while continuing to…
Haiti’s Only Earthquake Engineer
As we think about some of the huge tragic events of the past few years, events that will have lasting traumatic effects on this generation of college students, Haiti’s earthquake…
A Confirming Slap
Deacon Greg talks about a recent confirmation where he expected the Bishop to slap the confirmands on the cheek as they did “back in the day.” Read a snip: Generations…
Ministry Bonding
One of the best parts of conferences is bonding with other ministers in the field. Here Joe Mazzawi from Cornell and Bryce Roberts from Toledo spend a quality moment. There’s…
What If the Devil Had a Blog?
Jeffrey Pugh has thought about the above question and has penned a fine book, called Devil’s Ink, Blog from the Basement Office, which made my holding pattern on my flight…
When A Pet Dies
Quigley, one of our parish’s two Old English Sheepdogs went over the Rainbow Bridge to be with God yesterday. It’s never easy. Fr Jack, our pastor, has been a bit…
The Idea of a University
I’m at the Frank J. Lewis Institute which is for first-time campus ministers (I’m giving the Thursday keynote on technology) at DeSales University just outside of Allentown. Last night we…