The Opening Act
As the story goes, I was supposed to be a March baby. But as the due date and the spring solstice passed by, I was apparently in no hurry to Continue Reading →
As the story goes, I was supposed to be a March baby. But as the due date and the spring solstice passed by, I was apparently in no hurry to Continue Reading →
For Better, or for the Better Matthew Battiato stood pensively in front of the large congregation at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. As the familiar song started playing and the people Continue Reading →
On April 27th, Robert “Bob” Bulger passed away quietly at the age of 42, surrounded by his close family members. One of seven siblings, he graduated from Westville High School Continue Reading →
“Sometimes it just hurts to be obedient.” Earlier that morning, myself and almost 200 of my fellow male age groupers had rushed into the turbulent waters of Lake Erie at Continue Reading →
This past morning, Jim and I were talking in the locker room as we often do. Jim is wise gentleman in his mid-80’s whom I met over a year and Continue Reading →
“The greatest battles we fight are the ones within us.” Recently, I attended a Global Leadership Summit, where I heard Erwin McManus, cancer survivor and author of a recent book, Continue Reading →
We are all sinners, sons of a merciful God. But to step back and consider the current state of men — the so-called “stronger sex” — in this country and Continue Reading →
It was December 6th, the feast of St. Nicholas. Thomas Aquinas had just finished Mass in the chapel that bore the name of the saint for that day. As the Continue Reading →
“Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take care of itself. Sufficient for a day is its own evil (Matthew 6:34)” A substantial body of evidence indicates that what we Continue Reading →
As Catholics, we are all familiar with the way the Church attempts to preserve the sanctity and dignity of human life. In various ways, we are taught that the Church Continue Reading →