Blow Amongst Us Spirit of God
It’s a weekend of Holy Spirit festivities this weekend. Today I spent the morning at the Mass of the Holy Spirit at Canisius High School where we witnessed the final…
Refugees in a 9-11 World
BustedHalo has a great story up on a Catholic Volunteer’s experience working with refugees last year. Full disclosure: I was one of her support people. Her experience can teach us…
Remembering 9-11 in the UB Spectrum
The UB paper the UB Spectrum interviewed me about my memories of September 11th. The striking memory I had was of having to do the welcome at mass the following…
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Tennis Fans Go the Way of Baseball Crowds
Last year, for my 40th birthday, I took a trip with Big League Tours to four different baseball stadiums that I had not previously visited (Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit and Cincinnati)…
Dating God Meets Googling God
Br. Dan Horan was in town and asked if I had time to be on his podcast, so I jumped at the chance! He uncovered much in the “How I…
Will There Be Faith?
I’m giving you my permission to leave this blog today and to go and buy Thomas Groome’s new book on building a more modern religious education ministry. Will There Be…
21 Questions to Ponder
So Dan Horan honored my new publisher, Mike Leach, by answering 21 questions that he had answered on his own blog. So I decided to follow suit with my own…
19th Annotation Retreat
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What the Jesuits Have Meant to Me
As many know I attended Fordham for both undergraduate and grad school. I was always very impressed by the Jesuits and they helped me form an adult faith that I…
A Campus Minister’s Worst Nightmare
From the ticker blog at the Chronicle of Higher Education: A Binghamton University senior has died in an automobile accident while on a college-sponsored summer research trip in Costa Rica.…
Off To College?
If you’re a student who is headed off to college (or even law school, grad school or some other pre-professional program) then come on by St Joseph University Parish in…