A Deacon-to-be blogs Catholicism by Mike Hayes
The Department of Health and Human Services in the Obama administration will soon require all employers to include “contraception and sterilization coverage in their health-insurance plans, including those provided to…
In my now many years of ministry one of the joys I have had is being able to meet a lot of really wonderful people. Some of these people are…
While I was in college one of my work-study jobs was to work at the phon-o-thon center where our job was to call alumni for donations. The result of every…
Deacon Bill Ditewig, one of my heroes, wrote possibly the most beautiful advent reflection I’ve read to date. Here’s a snip: Right now we have many Catholics who don’t even…
The Dutch Bishops apologized for failing to adequately deal with the sexual abuse of over 20,000 children in institutions since 1945. But anecdotal evidence in the report concerning two Catholic…
So Marion and I went to see the Muppet Movie last night after putting it off for a few weeks. It reminded me of my friend Fr. Eric Andrews, CSP.…
The Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland is urging some to walk away from the church. The Irish Independent says more: Archbishop Martin urged non-believers to walk away from the church. He…
I took a random straw poll of friends asking them what are the priorities of the Catholic Church? I asked them what their Bishop has asked them to concentrate on?…
So I’ve now been to three masses with the new translation being used. I haven’t posted much before now because I wanted to have the experience myself and honestly, because…
When I was in College, Jesuits were martyred in El Salvador. A large number of Jesuit Presidents of colleges and universities travelled down in a show of solidarity to El…