I do enjoy a nice Flatiron Building once in a while.

A few of you have used the donation button recently.  I have been a bit busy and haven’t had the chance to catch up on all my e-mail and send notes.  If I have missed anyone, please accept my expression … Continue reading →

My friend John Sonnen at Orbis Catholicus has a great photo of some men in the cassock of the Scots College in Rome.

This is something which much be revived in Rome: the college cassocks.
Here is another of John’s shots of … Continue reading →

Happy Father’s Day to fathers of families and also to priests!

This morning I spoke at a conference on Devotion To the Sacred Heart. As part of the conference we have a Mass in the Braga Rite.
Our Savior is a beautiful church.

UPDATE
There have been excellent speakers at this conference. … Continue reading →

I asked at another time what your personal initiatives are for this Year for Priests.
What are your local organized initiatives at the parish, school, diocesan level?

Before a person who has been determined within a moral certainty to have lived a life of heroic virtue can be declared "Blessed" by Holy Church, beatified, some miracle worked by God through his intercession must be, again within a … Continue reading →

Some people have speculated about whether the choice to move Arch. Malcolm Ranjith from the CDW to the See of Colombo was a case of promoveatur ut amoveatur. 
I haven’t thought so. 
Sure, Archbishop Ranjith would have some enemies in … Continue reading →

A great thing just happened which surprised me greatly.
As we are – right now – boarding a flight, a young lady who had paused next to me seat said in a strong voice: “Happy Year of Priests, Father!”
A great surprise … Continue reading →

I just heard a story on Fox News about Pres. Obama’s proposal to lengthen the school year for children.
It seems to me that were they to use the days better, they wouldn’t need more days.
Have you ever seen those e-mails … Continue reading →

At the beginning of this Year for Priests you should have a plan about how to use well this opportunity.
One way in which people may work to make this Year fruitful is to strengthen each other in their efforts.
The tools … Continue reading →