When I was in the seminary, studying for the priesthood, one of the unique things that I experienced, not having attended Catholic School growing up, was learning about many Saints. There were holy men and…
BUT JESUS IT’S EASIER TO REMAIN TICKED OFF…
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,…
PILGRIMAGE DAY 8: HUMBLY LOVING CHRIST
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…
PILGRIMAGE DAY 6: Re-adjusting our vision
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…
PILGRIMAGE DAY 7: CHRIST OUR SAVIOR
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…
PILGRIMAGE DAY 5: – CHANGE THE WORLD
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…
PILGRIMAGE DAY 4: To those w faith no…
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.…
PILGRIMAGE DAY 2: Looking to Mary for inspiration…
Hi everyone - so here we are - day two of our pilgrimage. The one thing I've forgotten from the last two pilgrimages is how much walking there is! Yesterday between a "stroll" to…
PILGRIMAGE DAY 1: “They Finally came to Rome…”…
Hi everyone - so the 33 pilgrims joined us today arriving on the Red Eye at 7:30 am Rome time. We all got back to the hotel gave them a few minutes to wash up…