Like Bees in the Honeycomb
St Benedict says that the Monks should be “as busy as bees in the honeycomb” and that is exactly what has happened these past few days here in Collegeville, MN…
Hayes Responds to Christian Smith at Notre Dame
Here is the video of me speaking at Notre Dame in response to Christian Smith the author of Souls in Transition which offers much of the latest research on young…
How Many Husbands Do You Have?
So Fr. Edward Beck who you might know from Good Morning America, led us in evening prayer last night. He reflected on the woman at the well and left me…
Setting Lectors on Fire
I’m at The University of Notre Dame’s Symposium on Campus and Young Adult Ministry called Stewards of the Treasures of Our Faith. They do this every three years and I’m…
146 Was Her Number…A Child Sold for Sex
This weekend I was invited to an art auction for an organization called Love 146 which is focused on the issue of human trafficking. The name of the organization comes…
How to Fill Your Pews
Deacon Greg pointed me to this link from Joe Ferullo and the National Catholic Reporter My cousin is a business graduate student back at home, and is staying with us…
Go In Peace: Reflection for UB Graduation Sunday
Sorry for a late post on this. But here is my reflection from last night’s final mass of the semester. Here’s a graduation story—my own from my undergraduate years at…
Congrats 2010
Congratulations to all the UB grads. You’ll always be remembered by me as the first students I ministered to. Karena Johnson (pictured with me here) who was a big time…
Are People with Mental Illness Overmedicated?
Therese Borchard at her great blog on mental illness, Beyond Blue, takes on the question. Are some people overmedicated in this country? Yes. Absolutely. I devote a few chapters of…
Congrats Graduates!
Some of my favorite student-leaders are graduating this year. Tonight was the start of the convocations beginning with the school of biological sciences and Jaime O’Connor who was one of…