The following is a homily based on the Scripture readings for Sunday, Feb. 15. Questions frame our lives. As soon as children begin to talk,...
Mahabalipuram is one of the 16 World Heritage Sites being protected and developed by the Archeological Survey of India. The small town contains around 25...
There are just three sites in the world where a church is built over the tomb of one of Jesus’ apostles: St. Peter’s in Rome;...
Another travel day – this time involving a bus ride and two flights – with Chennai (Madras) on the southeastern coast of India as the...
The wake-up call this morn was 5 a.m., and at 5:30 we were on the bus and headed back to the river to witness the...
We had ample opportunity today to take in both the countryside and street life via a three-hour bus ride from Agra to Delhi for a...
We overnighted in Agra in Jaypee Hotel, the largest (381 rooms) many of us have ever been in. Just finding the way from one’s room...
We began the day by celebrating the Eucharist in St. Xavier Church, located on a campus that includes a Jesuit grade school, high schools and...
From Nepal, back to India, a country divided into 29 states with the second-largest population in the world. Destination: Jaipur, in the state of Rajasthan,...
From Bhaktapur we rode higher into the Himalayas to the little village of Nagarkot at an elevation of 6,000 feet elevation. We were greeted by...
This day was pure poetry. So much so, that we’ll break it into two parts, Part I today and Part II as tomorrow’s posting since...
In the Church, we believe in transubstantiation. It means that the bread and wine of the altar becomes the body and blood of Jesus. I...