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Father Thomas Ryan, CSP | 02/06/15

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...

Father Thomas Ryan, CSP | 02/05/15

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,...

Father Thomas Ryan, CSP | 02/04/15

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...

Father Thomas Ryan, CSP | 02/03/15

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...

Father Terrence P. Ryan, CSP | 02/03/15

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...

Father Thomas Ryan, CSP | 02/02/15

Today in Nepal (blue skies with a high of 71!) took us to the historic site in Patan Dabar Square of the royal palace of...

Father John J. Geaney, CSP | 02/02/15

Yesterday was the fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, but you’d be hard pressed to know that since it also happened to be Super Bowl Sunday....

Father Thomas Ryan, CSP | 02/01/15

We spent the first half of our day in airports and an airplane today, leaving Delhi – the second largest city in the world at...

Father Thomas Ryan, CSP | 01/31/15

A true journey of faith! Father Thomas Kane, CSP, and Father Tom Ryan, CSP, are leading a group of 26 pilgrims from across the United...

Father Francis P. DeSiano, CSP | 01/29/15

The following is a homily based on the Scripture readings for Sunday, Feb. 1 Edward R. Murrow. John Cameron Swaze, Eric Severeid and Walter Cronkite....

Father Terrence P. Ryan, CSP | 01/28/15

I was watching our local college basketball team in a game last night and noticed that when they had the ball, they simply passed it...

Father Thomas Ryan, CSP | 01/27/15

The quest for Christian unity began when seemingly providential circumstances brought friends together. The chance encounter on the island of Madiera in 1890 and subsequent...