Faith, family, work, and life - all intertwined.
Permanent deacon of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois. Husband, father of four sons, builder of Catholic technology, and writer of essays, fiction, and homilies.
The meeting runs long. Everyone shares updates. Good conversation happens. And then no decision is actually made - because nobody in the room owns the discipline.
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) | Respect Life Sunday
Most Catholic institutions can answer what they exist to do, richly and honestly - and differently from every seat. The question is whether they have woven them into one.
I wore my Holy Hour stole to Sheen's beatification - the one I wear every Sunday evening at our parish's hour of Adoration. They asked us to wear white. Mine was more gold. But I figured a man who spent 60 years before the Blessed Sacrament would understand.
ICSC Conference, Sheen Beatification, Pope Leo in France, 40 parishioners diving into the Mass, teenagers showing up. Something is happening.
The 64th International Catholic Stewardship Council Annual Conference
Peter asks about forgiving seven times. Jesus says seventy-seven - inverting the oldest pattern of human violence. Homily for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
The most common thing Catholics get wrong about dying is believing the Church requires them to endure everything medicine can do. It does not, and it never has. What is actually permitted, and what to do about it this week.
The law that takes effect in Illinois today passed at two in the morning on Halloween, by the narrowest possible margin, inside a bill about food safety.
