I n many rectories the bishop has given permission for chapels to be erected for adoration, prayer, and private Mass. It may seem odd to so...

W hat do you do when you do not like your bishop? When still a seminarian there was a student/friend of mine who left to go to another dio c...

I t is a curious thing how people have such strong emotional attachments concerning what they believe about global warming. There are very a...

FINDING TRUTH WHEREVER IT MAY BE FOUND : “ I f we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow...

I t is an interesting thing to die as a priest. This past weekend we had the reading where Abraham was asked to look up into the sky and cou...

W hile I was a away recently I had the particular joy of visiting the oratory at Ave Maria University. Its location itself is quite a thing ...

T here are few things on the minds of pastors of parishes with schools like the state of Catholic education. Increasing costs, dramatic cuts...

I n my hometown are the best hamburgers in the world. Hodge’s serves the biggest, tastiest, sloppiest burgers I have every had the pleasure ...

FINDING TRUTH WHEREVER IT MAY BE FOUND : “ E verything that men make can also be undone again by others. Everything that has its origin in h...

W hen I was in kindergarten we were asked what we wanted to do when we grew up. Amidst the doctors, firefighters, and presidents I wanted to...

I t is an incredibly busy day so there is only time for a short post. As it turns out there may be an answer to last week’s puzzling archite...

F asting is anything but fast. In fact it just drags on and on. Yesterday was a day of fast and abstinence and all I could think abo ut all ...

H ere are three short posts pieced together into one. Hopefully you will find something among them of interest to you! FIRST : Today is Ash ...

FINDING TRUTH WHEREVER IT MAY BE FOUND : I t might be said to priests who remark that the Divine Office is not personally nourishing, ‘perha...

I n the days of knights and knaves a herald was a pretty privileged fellow. His task was to travel from area to area and record the heraldry...