2014 – Year In Review

2014 was a very important year for me, thanks to you. In it I made some very important strides. While there were some personal trade-offs, I can sense that I have laid a foundation from which my ministry can blossom, and many of you would be helped by... Read More

How Parishes Can Deliver Christmas Bonuses

Christmas is coming! We all know that on Christmas Eve and/or Christmas Day there is a huge resurgence of participation amongst Catholics going to mass. Those who do not go to mass over the course of the year always still seem to find time to go to church... Read More

Watching “A Christmas Carol” with Pope Francis

An Annual Tradition A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is a perennial tradition in our culture. According to IMDB.com, since the dawn of film, this story has been retold over 100 times, not only in feature films, but teleplays, special sitcom episodes,... Read More

10 Best Christmas Films on TCM

The Greatness of Classic Movies There is no question that I am a big fan of classic movies; I even wrote a chapter about such in my book to reaching youth. The thing is, movies are a wonderful vehicle for immersing one into a story that can challenge,... Read More

My Verdict: Judging Is Underrated

It’s amazing to me the unfair flak judging is given. On the one hand, ever since the unofficial, off-the-cuff comments of Pope Francis had been ripped from their original context and trumpeted over the world as Catholicism’s new mantra, those... Read More

My Crazy NCCYM Adventure

Going to San Antonio For seventy-two hours, I had left my family and traveled to San Antonio, TX to participate as an exhibitor for the National Conference for Catholic Youth Ministry (NCCYM).  It is a national conference for which youth ministers, parents... Read More