Our gospel story for the weekend of Feb. 9-10 began with a couple of discouraged fishermen.  They had worked all night and had nothing to show for it.  Then Jesus came along, climbed into one of the boats, sat down and began to teach them.  Only when he finished teaching did Jesus en...
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On Jan. 26, Candidates and Catechumens, along with parish Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults teams and sponsors, gathered at the Diocese of Evansville Catholic Center for a retreat on their journey to full initiation in the church at the Easter Vigil. The theme of the retreat was Entering into...
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For many of us, the New Year arrives and brings with it the obligatory resolutions that we feel we need to make. We know we could do better in some areas of our lives, and the New Year provides this new slate on which to write a new and better chapter in our lives. Some of us vow to lose weight, ex...
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“It takes a man of God, with the Word of God, and the Spirit of God, to make the children of God, for the glory of God.” –Jack Wellman, Christian author As the school year commenced in 1971, I found myself, as a sixth-grader, in very unfamiliar territory with no choice but to conc...
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“I am the good shepherd. As the Father knows me and I know the Father, in the same way I know my sheep and they know me” (John 10: 14-15).  I recently watched a fictitious TV show about rescuing high school students who were in danger.  As the S.W.A.T team sped to the sight, t...
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Shortly after Thanksgiving, I traveled to the U.S./Mexicoborder to help our brothers and sisters who are walking in the caravan.  Benedictine Sister Gail Hamilton and I went to Eagle Pass, Texas, which is about a mile from the border, to help out another Benedictine, Sister Ursula  from B...
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Although the Lord was later to lead me to the sacrament of holy matrimony, I spent some of the most formative years of my young adulthood in the seminary. Among the many traditions that marked those years, one that always brings joy to my memory is the “Christmas room.” During the seaso...
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In a recent conversation on families the question was asked, “What do today’s families look like?”  Some of the responses included: busy; distracted; competitive; fractured; unstable; diverse; overwhelmed with information; use radically different communication tools; and rela...
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As another Advent season approaches I can’t help but think … what will make this one meaningful?  What might I do differently that will lead me to a deeper more profound experience of this spiritual season?  How might I challenge myself to look at this season with “new e...
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On Nov. 2, feast of the Commemoration of All Souls, two of my sisters stopped by my house to drop off some things for a family gathering I was hosting that weekend.  As we shared our crazy, busy schedules and how we were not quite sure how we were going to accomplish all we felt we needed to d...
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