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After only three hours of sleep, driving an hour and a half at 3:30 AM, catching two flights and one to go, I am almost home. The Courage conference was well attended, and I was able to listen to and … Continue reading →

I haven’t had a spare moment to blog since Wednesday because I am attending the annual Courage conference at Mt. St. Mary’s in Emmitsburg, Maryland. In case you are unaware, Courage is the Church’s ministry to men and women with … Continue reading →

At noon today, Rome time, the Holy Father appointed Msgr. Jeffrey M. Monforton the new bishop of Steubenville. The 49 year old Detroit priest studied philosophy at Sacred Heart Seminary in Detroit, then theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome receiving … Continue reading →

I never got around to blogging about yesterday’s saint, St. Thomas More. Sir Thomas More was a friend of Henry VIII in England back in the 1500s. He was also the chancellor of the kingdom. Yet he, like so many … Continue reading →

I have not written about Pope John Paul I for many weeks, not because he has been out of mind, but rather I have been preoccupied with so many other matters that I have scarcely had time to write much … Continue reading →

Here is my homily for this weekend. Thank you for listening. Audio: Corpus Christi – Cycle B Text: How far are you from the Kingdom of God? How far are you from the throne of God? On this Solemnity of Corpus … Continue reading →

To all of you who may have tried to log on and peruse these pages last weekend, sorry…… the server was unavailable for over a day. It is back up and we are running again. Thanks for your patience!

I am still here, just too busy to blog much. Really, scarcely a spare moment. I will return.

Here is a letter from our bishops regarding the threat to our religious liberty of the current federal administration’s policies. I applaud our bishops in their efforts to inform and motivate us to protect our rights as believers to express … Continue reading →

Here is something beautiful for your reflection during the great silence of Good Friday eve and Holy Saturday.

The past couple of weeks have been “blog light” due to so many other activities and responsibilities. Late nights and early mornings. This week, of course, is Holy Week. Yesterday afternoon and evening, all the deacons and priests of the … Continue reading →

I have been on our annual diaconal retreat. Blogging, thus, has been impossible. A diaconal blessing on all who run across these pages. Deacon Bob

I have an hour to spend sitting in an airport. I am finishing a long overdue reunion of sorts. The hour is late but the flights home will be long. To be witness the tangibility of human entanglements not only … Continue reading →

There can be a certain apprehension about overdue reunions. The kind of apprehension that is rather visceral. Not exactly psychological. Perhaps it is the mixture of the once-known with the now unknown. Memories vs the realities of what is now. … Continue reading →

Blogging will be a rarity for the next few days as I am in the Aloha state. Seems like I have to buy one of those Hawaiian shirts. Everyone wears them here….. Blessings to all of you.