The Church of the White Middle Aged Woman
So last week, I was out of town in Washington, D.C. and attended mass at a lovely community that came highly recommended to me. What I found there was a…
A Deacon-to-be blogs Catholicism by Mike Hayes
So last week, I was out of town in Washington, D.C. and attended mass at a lovely community that came highly recommended to me. What I found there was a…
The anchoress had a recent “hissy fit” post up regarding clapping at mass. (I think crankiness is entertaining). You know, the spontaneous outbursts for the choir when their musical skills…
The Archdiocese for Military Services invited me to a think tank on how they can better outreach to our young military personnel. It’s always an interesting question because the young…
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…
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…
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…
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…
When I worked in Calvary Hospital (A hospital for terminal patients, mostly) as a volunteer my Senior year of college, I often encountered patients who would want to tell me…
As many know, I’ve been discerning whether I should become a deacon or not this year. The “19th Annotation Retreat” I participated in was very central in helping me think…
Recently, the discussion of “spiritual seekers” came up amongst some religious professionals I kibitz with from time to time. I mentioned casually that Christian Smith the great sociologist from Notre…