An open letter to the Class of 2016: Dear Graduates, After all the homework assignments and projects, after tired mornings of rushing to find your misplaced gym uniform, after the […]

The following eulogy was delivered at the beginning of Fr. Leonard’s funeral Mass on June 5, 2015. When I found out that Fr. Leonard wanted me to speak here today, […]

In our second reading St. Paul instructs us, “Hope does not disappoint” he writes. His sheer confidence is a little off-putting. Does he not know how difficult it is to […]

Recently, I was driving with someone who is very close to me and was taken aback when that person felt so wronged by a fellow traveler and exploded into a […]

This week we learned of the death of peace activist, political radical and Jesuit priest Father Daniel Berrigan at the age of 94. I was shocked and, at times, even […]

If you are someone who reads the Church’s daily readings (available on this very site!), you’ll notice that throughout this Easter season we have been spending a lot of time […]

“How many ages hence Shall this our lofty scene be acted over In states unborn and accents yet unknown!” Julius Caesar, 3.1.113-4   This weekend, in a twist that could […]

Happy Easter! Yes, it is still Easter! During this Easter season as we walk with the resurrected Christ on the road to Emmaus and Pentecost, we are given a real […]

Happy Easter! Yes, it is still Easter! Oftentimes, we are so concerned with Lent and its important forty days of fasting that we forget the whole point of all that […]

My Confirmation name is Thomas. When asked by my Director of Religious Education why I chose the name, I said youthfully—which is to say, arrogantly—“Because I’m not sure if I […]