Rough Hands
This past weekend I joined the nearby parish where I help out for their patronal feast. It was a wonderful celebration. The church was packed. One of the bishops came and presided at mass (doing so...
View ArticleIn Conversation about My Vocation & Writing
Fordham University has produced a series of video interviews with Jesuits at Fordham entitled “Jesuits in Conversation.” You can now watch my approximately thirty-minute interview, in which I discuss...
View ArticleL.A. Week: Countdown to Congress
After a pretty busy February spent giving talks and retreats in various places, I’ve finally reached my Spring Break vacation, of sorts. I’m about halfway through my week in L.A. which has been a...
View ArticlePopular Demand
It’s been nearly eight months since I started up this new blog on WordPress. During that time, I’ve written about sixty posts. It’s hard to know what will catch people’s attention, and because I get...
View ArticleFriends and Contacts
Many a false move in history has been blamed on a person’s inability to know who his or her friends really were. Most of us can point to times in our personal history when a person whom we thought to...
View ArticleSaint Ignatius: “Sticks and Stones . . .”?
“For at the moment you decide, will, and strive with all your strength for the glory, honor, and service of God our Lord, at that moment you join battle and raise your standard against the world, and...
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