The Phone Call
She called on a Wednesday evening, which was not what he had been expecting.
Deacon Michael Halbrook
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.
Building Something
What We Released This Weekend
On prayer, fasting, almsgiving, and the work I was made for
The Oak at Kildare
Two Lamps, Issue 11: Saint Benedict of Nursia and Saint Brigid of Kildare, the double monastery at Kildare, Ireland, an evening in the late summer of 524
The American Thread
I did not know, when I arrived in Alton in 1948, that the record was already here.
Faith & Life
A Granite City Man Sat Down With Fulton Sheen
On an old article, a kindred spirit, and the beatification ahead
Faith & Life
What the Sabbatical Is Teaching Me
On stepping back, saying no, and seeking first the Kingdom
The First Thursday After
Mara's reply arrived on a Tuesday, which gave him two days to sit with it before Thursday.
The Room in Turin
Two Lamps, Issue 10: Saint Pier Giorgio Frassati and Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, the upstairs bedroom of the Frassati family house, Via Lamarmora, Turin, the night of July 3, 1925
