At dinner the other day I was laughing about the mop situation at our parish. The padre I…
We have recently lost a beloved parishioner and neighbor, Marie Martincic. Please keep her husband and family in…
In a recent article in Church Life Journal, Timothy O’Malley wrote about the difficulty Americans have in understanding…
From the Lamp Magazine, Issue 7, St. Rose 2021 I was born with spinal muscular atrophy, a genetic…
I started visiting Cook County Jail in 1985 and have been going ever since. For a while I…
It’s been a while that I haven’t spoken with a gang member. In St. Paul these days, there…
What’s in a word? Language changes. What was a common expression in 1960 or 1860 might mean something…
The other day I was talking with a mom about trying to get her kids to eat different…
Self Driving Trucks I just saw something about Amazon using self driving trucks in Alabama or somewhere. …
Here’s a letter I wrote when I was the pastor of Immaculate Conception in South Chicago May…