My friend Sue gave us some hot cross buns last night which means, as the legend goes, she's stuck with us for another year. According to an article in Smithsonian Magazine, people who share a hot cross bun are destined to enjoy "a strong friendship and bond" throughout the the following year. An old rhyme [...]
I almost left the Catholic Church last week after reading the Vatican’s bulletin banning priests from blessing gay unions. I decided to stay and to use my voice to encourage progress and the kind of equitable evangelization I know it will someday achieve. Here is what I want to say to the people I love [...]
Our priest has tested positive for COVID-19 and, while he has said he is starting to feel better and I am very glad to hear that, I am also worried about the exposure to my fellow parishioners. Our parish is full of admirably faithful people, many of whom are elderly and especially vulnerable. We are [...]
We lit the candle of joy yesterday and I thought about how well-timed that particular call to action can be. Sometimes, you have to look for the joy in your life even during the most festive time of the year. That's what the pink candle in the Advent wreath is all about. I had no [...]
The oldest building in Wisconsin holds more than six hundred years of memories, including four years of my own. St. Joan of Arc Chapel sits in the heart of Marquette University's rapidly changing campus, nearly exactly as I remember it from my time on campus in the early 1980s. We used to pop in for [...]