The Promise and Peril of Online Catholic Dating

One of the side projects that I work on is a bi-weekly “talk show” on YouTube called The Catholic Five, so named because there are four other people involved: David L. Gray (of DavidLGray.info), Katrina Fernandez (The Crescat at Patheos), Brantly Callaway Millegan (Founder and Editor of Church POP), and Kevin M. Tierney (Associate Editor of Catholic Lane).… Continue reading The Promise and Peril of Online Catholic Dating

Happy Celibacy Awareness Day!

Valentine’s Day card from 1909 Happy St. Valentine’s Day, the one day a year in which all Americans, regardless of religion, build their lives around the Traditional Latin Mass calendar. For those of us using the Ordinary Form calendar, today is the Memorial of Saints Cyril and Methodius, not St. Valentine, a little something I like… Continue reading Happy Celibacy Awareness Day!

My Vocation Story (Plus Two More!)

Laurent Okitakatshi, Archbishop Joseph Naumann,Daniel Koko Oleko, and yours truly. Several people have asked for my vocation story, but I haven’t written much on the subject. So let me share a bit about how I got to be where I am now. This is from a radio show that I did with my bishop, Archbishop… Continue reading My Vocation Story (Plus Two More!)

Little Monastery, Bright Light

“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life” (John 8:12) LUMEN CHRISTI Monastery in Kansas City, KS “LUMEN CHRISTI” (the Light of Christ) Monastery was consecrated by Archbishop Joseph Naumann on September 14, 2013.  The “Little Monastery” is the new home… Continue reading Little Monastery, Bright Light

Congratulations, Shane Dunlevy!

On Saturday, the Eastern Province Dominicans announced their 2013 Novitiate Class, including my good friend Shane Dunlevy. Here is Shane’s vocation story: Shane Dunlevy I was born in Columbus, Ohio and raised 30 minutes south east of the city on 2-1/2 acres surrounded by cornfields and forests. As the youngest, I would often adventure off… Continue reading Congratulations, Shane Dunlevy!