Hi everyone!  Here's my homily for AUGUST 24, 2014 - the 21st SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (given at Holy Family Church, Nutley,NJ)  The readings for today's Mass comes from http://usccb.org/bible/readings/082414.cfm.  Thanks as always for your feedback…

Left, the "new" house... Right, the original Newman centerI hate to admit it, but I didn't think this would ever happen.  That the Newman Center would purchase the house and property adjacent to our existing…

Hi everyone - here's my homily for the 23rd SUNDAY OF THE ORDINARY TIME - SEPT 7, 2014. The readings for today can be found at:   http://usccb.org/bible/readings/090714.cfm Thanks as always for reading, sharing it on Twitter, Facebook,…

Hello everyone.  Hard to believe that today is the last day of our pilgrimage.  The day started relatively early with us arriving at the Vatican at 7 am for 7:15 Mass at the Tomb of…

Hi everyone - greetings from back in Rome!  Today started out with a final Mass in Assisi at the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli (St. Mary of the Angels) which is a Church within…

Its hard to believe that we are in our last days of the Pilgrimage!  Today started out with a visit to the Major Basilica of St. John Lateran where we celebrated Mass in one of…

Have to admit I was a bit surprised by how moved I got this morning walking over to Celebrate Mass at Basilica di St. Chiara (St. Claire of Assisi's burial place).  Getting things set up…

MONDAY, July 21So many of you remember that it was only two years ago that I made my first visit to Italy (truth be told it was my fist time ever out of the country.…