Monthly Archives: May 2015

After many hours of travel, most all of our group has arrived and is settled in at the Guesthouse where we are staying while on mission here in Port-au-Prince. We were met getting off the plane with a lively Haitian … Continue reading →

The month of May is a time of Marian pilgrimages for Regnum Christi members! This year, our pilgrimage was extraordinary. This past academic year two Scriptural images captured values we share in our community: the first was the Upper Room, … Continue reading →

I wish I could go back in time and sit next to Mother Mary during those first century Masses in Ephesus. The Acts of the Apostles tells us that the first Christian communities “remained faithful to the teaching of the … Continue reading →

In Athens at the beginning of the Christian era, there was an inscription on an altar that read: “To an Unknown God.” Twenty centuries later, perhaps we no longer find those words written under any altar or image, but maybe … Continue reading →

Emergency relief work has given me the opportunity to explore many different places and experience many different cultures. Nepal is, without a doubt, one of the most beautiful countries I have ever seen. Matching that beauty is a culture of … Continue reading →

What must I do to be saved? This question that the jailer of St. Paul asked more than 2000 years ago is the same question that we ask ourselves today. Generation after generation, it is as an echo from those … Continue reading →

“Second only to personal redemption and salvation, the main thrust of the Scriptures is to meet Christ through working with the poor and disadvantaged.” — Bono Earlier this week the leadership team of Mission Youth visited us in Cheshire. This … Continue reading →

One of the most awe-inspiring experiences for a seminarian is distributing Communion. Opportunities for some are few and far between. In fact, after eight years of seminary, my first opportunity came last week. It was a hot Friday morning, and … Continue reading →

“Cultivate a special devotion to God’s Word, whether studied privately or in public; always listen to it with attention and reverence, strive to profit by it, and do not let it fall to the ground, but receive it within your … Continue reading →

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. – 2 Timothy 4:7 I expect some visitors to a Sunday Mass at my parish would be concerned that there are so many, well, … Continue reading →