FINDING TRUTH WHEREVER IT MAY BE FOUND :  " B ut enthusiastic skepticism is not the enemy of boundless optimism.  It's optimisms p...

I remember meeting Pope John Paul II.  It was in the papal palace and there we were lined up in a room and he walked down the line shaking...

E verybody loves the gregarious, outgoing, fun guy.  You invite him to a dinner party to ensure that everybody has a good time with stimula...

W hat are you going to do to protect yourself against the priest shortage? In grade school you were ready to duck and cover. You we...

FINDING TRUTH WHEREVER IT MAY BE FOUND :  " T o protest against God in the name of justice is not helpful.  A world without God is a w...

I t is not an easy thing to be related to or be good friends with a priest.  We are constantly looking out for things to include in our hom...

W hen you fall asleep tonight, what do you imagine that you could do today that you might look back on and be happy that you did (or didn...

FINDING TRUTH WHEREVER IT MAY BE FOUND:  " N ot all of us will be cast in the greatest dramas.  Someone has to remember them."  ...

G ood morning everybody! And it is certainly one of my favorites.  Today is the day we have the reading at Mass from the Acts of the Apo...

"But what have you done for me lately?" Unless someone is family or in our lives in some other capacity so that we must deal...

S o I got a new toy.    I am using it to write to you.    This toy is very important to me because it marks, what I hope to be, a new phase...

I take Sebastian for walks in the local parks.  While we’re at it I pick up trash.  There are a few regulars in the neighborhood that I kn...

FINDING TRUTH WHEREVER IT MAY BE FOUND :  " B e who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire."  St. Catherine of Si...

T his is the mosaic in the sanctuary at St. Sebastian.  I really, really like the theological message behind it.  (This is, at least concep...