Day 20: 50 Day Lenten Giveaway: Chester Cheeto and Prison Ministry
Julianne Wallace is my newest colleague and we became fast friends. Since she’s also a transplanted person to Buffalo, she’s someone who has been great to chat with and share…
Dear Dorothy, You’ve Been Duped!
Dignity or solidarity…? Catholicism or Anarchy? These are the questions that my colleague Ed Koch and I have been considering with our group the past few days. We went to…
Of Mice and Men
Last night we spent an evening at the Catholic Worker’s drop in center, providing an evening meal and more importantly a “living room” type of place for the poor of…
Called to “The Other”
An afternoon of playing basketball and kickball with a bunch of kids really wiped my energy. I haven’t played hoops in ages and it showed. Even my kickball skills have…
God Calls Us By Name
So yesterday began our first full day of our Alternative Break Trip to Cleveland, the second poorest major city in the United States (Detroit is first, Miami 3rd and our…
Florida Pol: OK to Joke About Bombing Abortion Clinic Amongst Catholics
Deacon Greg pointed me to this piece today on a Republican candidate running for mayor of Jacksonville, Florida joked about bombing an abortion clinic. Mike Hogan, a Republican and member…
To Be Catholic….
Br. Dan Horan, OFM writes over at Dating God a very good point about some of the more divisive issues in church and politics. The thing about abortion and same-sex-marriage,…
They Learned From Their Bodies and Today They Remember
Today was the memorial service for the donors to the gross anatomy lab at the medical school and so, I was asked to offer this opening prayer: They could not…
Introducing Excellence: Fr. Pat Keleher
Here’s my introduction of Fr. Pat Keleher at the CCMA Awards Dinner. Fr. Pat is this year’s recipient of the Archbishop Paul Hallinan Award for his efforts in Campus Ministry…
Awarding Excellence
I have been in Tampa for the past week at the Catholic Campus Ministry Conference. It’s amazing when you bring a bunch of people together for a conference and you’re…