It is a time of endings and beginnings. This past Sunday, we liturgically marked the end of the church year with the celebration of the...
The first holiday celebrated by English settlers in America was Thanksgiving. In 1621 William Bradford, governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, invited the neighboring Indians...
Those of us who were alive at the time generally remember where we were when President Kennedy was killed. I was at St. Paul’s College...
The following is a reflection on the Scripture readings for Sunday, Nov. 24, the Feast of Christ the King. “In short there’s simply not...
November is Black Catholic History Month. We often forget how difficult it was to be a black Catholic in the Jim Crow days. I was...
Part of being the “religious/Catholic guy” at parties, wedding dinners, receptions or even at work is that people will ask me for my take on...
I have a new computer. In fact, it’s the year in which our Cathedral offices are all getting new computers of one type or another....
I was reading an article recently called “The Truman Factor,” and it referred to the Jim Carrey movie in which he plays a character called...
Some time ago, I was going to a counseling center and a woman had an appointment about the same time as mine for awhile. She...
This week, on Nov. 1, we celebrate the Feast of All Saints. On Saturday, Nov. 2, we celebrate the Feast of All Souls. Friday we...
Here is the New Evangelization in a nutshell: • The New Evangelization has Jesus as the center. • The New Evangelization is not about parish...
Talk about confusion! The Vatican says that the Diocese of Freiburg, Germany, would confuse people if they began to give Communion to the divorced. Well...