The Feast of Hayes
1970 didn’t seem like that long ago in 1990. But 41 years have passed since my mom and dad decided (against the doctor’s wishes) to have me at the age…
Confession…There’s an App For That
Now I bought the new confession app on my iPhone because I was curious. I sat with the students and we went through it. This might be the most useless…
Buffalo’s 75 Year Priest
In 1935 Fr. Bernard McLaughlin had no idea that he’d be a Bishop. He also probably didn’t think that 75 years later he’d still be at it at the age…
Dorothy Day: The Saint Without a Stained Glass Window
Today is the 30th anniversary of Dorothy Day’s death. Bridges and Tangents sums up my own feelings better than I could: It was the simplicity of her love – for…
What the Pope Didn’t Say About Condoms
I’ve been away on retreat with the students and had to catch up on work yesterday. So I’m late to the conversation on this one, but I have some observations…
An Episcopacy Divided
I’m going to touch on a few issues this morning. They all revolve around the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. It should be noted at the outset that I…
Do You Believe in the Devil?
Today’s NY Times reports on an Exorcism Conference which took place recently. A snip: There are only a handful of priests in the country trained as exorcists, but they say…
Do We Have a Church If We Don’t Have Priests?
Deacon Greg pointed me to this video which has excellent production values on a group of newly ordained priests. Beautifully done and a nice keepsake for these men of their…
Do You Grieve for Those Who Leave Catholicism?
Peter Steinfels is grieving the loss of adherents to Catholicism today in Commonweal. This analysis is fairly spot-on: Most of us base our impressions (GG editor’s note: of disaffected Catholics)…
Being Found By Love
Fr. Mark Mossa’s new book, Already There: Letting God Find You is amazing! There is a tidbit of wisdom in nearly every paragraph which will find its way into the…