The readings at Mass today (15th Sunday Ordinary Time, Cycle B) are about vocation. In the first reading (Amos 7: 12-15) we hear about the c...

I know that the first reading at Mass today (Jeremiah 20: 7-9) is a favorite of many, including my friend and fellow-blogger Anne Bender, wh...

"You know not the hour...." These words of Jesus were spoken in relation to His Second Coming, but they can also apply to the hou...

When I'm not travelling, I try to catch up on reading the various newspapers and periodicals to which I subscribe. Usually I'm weeks...

The annual NCDVD conference is being held in Milwaukee this week. That's the National Conference of Diocesan Vocation Directors. Throug...

Belated Birthday Greetings to Mary, the Mother of God and our Mother! I had hoped to make this greeting yesterday but it was a busy day in t...

I'm back home and reflecting on my recent retreat with the Sisters of the Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart . Members of my community ...

Last June I posted an entry entitled "A Culture of Vocations" in which I wrote about how the Daily or Morning Offering can help f...

On Wednesday, on my way to the St. Paul, MN area, I stopped in Spring Valley, Wisconsin, a small town not too far from the Interstate on whi...

Happy and Blessed New Year! On this first day of the calendar year we celebrate a Solemnity in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother...

June is a month of celebrations, a time for weddings and ordinations. I've been to several such celebrations this month. And I gathere...