Today, on this last Sunday of the liturgical year, we turn our minds and hearts to Jesus, to Christ the King. It's especially appropriat...

This morning, in my capacity as my parish's director of liturgy, I attended a diocesan workshop focused on liturgical issues surroundin...

President Obama. The past few weeks have certainly been interesting, and not just politically. The American people have spoken and in doing ...

Among the many good things that have happened recently is the Synod of Bishops that concluded in Rome on October 23. The Synod, called by Po...

As Election Day approaches, more Catholic bishops have been acting like true shepherds and courageously speaking out on the inescapable fac...

Browsing some of my favorite websites this morning I encountered some interesting comments that I believe are worth sharing. They represent ...

We're up in Massachusetts now, visiting the kids and grandkids , and not at all appreciative of the colder weather. The change in temper...

As a deacon, one of the ministries in which I'm actively involved is the Wildwood Soup Kitchen, located, appropriately enough, in Wildwo...

No matter how I try to focus on other issues, I keep coming back to politics and the upcoming election. I suppose I should actually say curr...

Persecution of Indian Christians. Perhaps one of the most under-reported news stories involves what is happening to Christians, and particul...

If you have turned on a television or a radio lately, you certainly know we're in the middle of political prime time. Maybe I've jus...

I haven't posted much of late simply because I've been so busy. But even though I haven't written anything, I have pondered a fe...

OK, I've placed almost 100 of the photos I took while in Rome on flickr.com. If you want to view them, click here . Then, click on ...

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I actually took about 1,200 photos when we were in Rome. This, of course, wouldn't have happened ten ...

The above is a strange title but it's just the outcome of a some equally strange thoughts that bubbled up in my brain earlier today as I...

Although we've been home for several days, it's taken us that long to fully recover from the jet lag and the fact that we really too...

As you can all attest, I haven't been a very reliable a blogger on this trip. We have, though, been busy and this touristy stuff is a fu...

Monday was such a busy day that I simply had no time to post anything. We also returned to the hotel so tired that even the rock-hard bed wa...

Today began with a quick breakfast at the hotel followed by a brisk walk to St. Peters for 9 a.m. Mass. Among the sad commentaries on modern...

Diane and I were apparently more tired than we thought. We went to bed at 11 last night and awoke 11 hours later at 10 this morning. The onl...