One of the things that I've learned working with college students over the past 16 years is how often they are ahead of the rest of the culture and the rest of the world. In…
EMBRACING THE CROSS
There’s been an overwhelming amount of really awful news over the last few weeks. Back at the start of the semester, we had a tragic death of a student right on our campus of Montclair…
“YET” – Solemnity of St. Joseph
Of all the things that we hear in this Gospel of Joseph’s Annunciation - one thing that always stands out to me is one very little word. Yet. That’s right - a three-letter word -Yet…
LIFE IS SHORT & PRECIOUS
A 19-year-old who was homeless, living in Hawaii describes the night his entire life changed. He was finished working for the night at one of the Bubba Gump-chain restaurants on the island and was waiting…
A FIGHT WORTH HAVING
When is a fight worth having? Nations debate that on the global stage. Children on playgrounds do, too. In a day and age where we see deeply entrenched political divisions and a social-media-age that seems like the…