Huge Success in Boston
Bolting back from Boston today after a wonderful retreat on the Cape. Fr. Ruben Patino, CSP and Rich Andre, CSP–a Paulist seminarian–joined me in providing the young adults from the…
Bolt to Boston
So I’m blogging from the Bolt Bus on my way to the first Boston-Based BustedHalo Retreat! Should be a good time. Boltbus is a new company that is a subsidiary…
The Greatest Commandments
In today's Gospel Jesus speaks his famous lines (which are right out of the old testament) on which of the Commandments are the greatest. A lot of people get confused…
The Older Brother
The one thing that is awesome about the parable of the Prodigal Son is the fact that many people resonate with nearly all the characters. We’ve all been there when…
Prodigal Son
"He Came to His Senses" I think that one line of scripture encapsulates much of the younger brother's repentence. He had squandered all of his father's wealth and even his…
The Woz
I e-mail interviewed the founder of Apple Computers Steve Wozniak. He’s not particularly religious but, does lots of good work with kids. A subject that I would have liked to…
The Infant Jesus
During this period of what we Catholics call ordinary time I thought I’d do a few reflections on some of the classic Gospel stories starting with The Nativity. We often…
Before You Die…
I started a great book today: The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die by John Izzo, PhD. Izzo interviewed over 500 people that other people pointed him to…
Saints and Sinners
Dr. Maureen Tilly of my famed Alma Mater, Fordham spoke at Apostolst–the young adult group at St Paul the Apostle on Saints and Sinners and was remarkable. One of the…
Back to Home
Flying on Air Canada back home. ESPN picked up my Bob Sheppard piece which made me feel a lot better about not winning any awards at Catholic Press. I was…