You don’t know Hannah or Denis Geaney. They are my parents. When they came to the United States from Ireland the laws of immigration in...

Recently I was flipping through the channels on our rectory TV and by happenstance came across an epsiode of Thomas the Tank Engine. This children’s...

The following is a homily for the weekend of Sunday, March 23.   Boy, dating has sure gotten complicated. We have eharmony.com, and now ChristianMingle.com...

Today (March 19) the Church celebrates the solemnity of St. Joseph. In the New Testament, St. Joseph appears only briefly (and silently) in connection with...

I notice that in the beginning of Genesis when all the creation stuff was going on, chapter 2, God made a human being, one human...

I have been assigned to serve as a hospital chaplain this year as part of my supervised ministry course. One of the more powerful experiences...

The doorbell rang at 5:45 in the evening, and the cathedral priests were enjoying dinner at the rectory. At the door was a young man...

I found a flat tire on my car in a parking lot here in Florida. Yuk. Big nail in the tire. Anyway, after the usual...

We all dream of starting over.  If we could go back to grade or high school; if we could study on the college level.  If...

Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, and we wonder since Christmas was such a short time ago, can it be Lent already? Well, Christmas is not that...

Did you ever mess up by what you say or do and really hurt someone’s feelings, someone who cares for you? What to do? First,...

The following is a homily for Sunday, March 2. One of my long-time habits is reading the comics. I think I’m the only one in...