2010 in review

Thanks for reading! The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is on fire!. Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 4,100 times in [...]

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Hands that Serve

On Saturday, June 27, 2009, I had the privilege to attend the ordination of eight men to the priesthood.  On Sunday, June 28, 2009, I had the joy of attending a friend’s first mass – his Mass of Thanksgiving.   It is such a blessing to have the ordination coincide with the Year for Priests.  There [...]

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My Papa and the Year For Priests

My papa was born June 19, 1910.  Several years ago, I dabbled in genealogy research.   I bought the Family Tree Maker that came with records on lots of CDs.  I would pick up the project and put it down in spurts of interest.  In the Summer of 1998, I began attending Inquiry sessions to learn [...]

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Another Atlanta Eucharistic Congress closes…

“As Grain Once Scattered…..” — the theme of this year’s Eucharistic Congress.   This year I helped process with my Secular Franciscan fraternity banner…

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World Day of Prayer for Vocations and the Elijah Cup

A few weeks ago, I looked ahead at our Elijah Cup schedule and saw that the May 3rd 9:00 Mass was still open.  Perfect.  Nothing better than bringing the Elijah Cup home on the Sunday designated as the World Day of Prayer for Vocations.  In the many years my parish has participated in the Elijah [...]

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Franciscan News in Georgia Bulletin

Just posting a quick note with a link to a Georgia Bulletin article to which I contributed information.  The article details some of the information regarding my Immaculate Conception Fraternity Jubilee celebration in March.  It provides a nice overview of what we are about. Check out the article here  “Secular Franciscans Mark 50th Anniversary Here“ The [...]

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Immaculate Conception Fraternity SFO Jubilee

Today, the Immaculate Conception Fraternity of Secular Franciscans of Jonesboro, GA, Brothers and Sisters of St. Francis Region, celebrated their Jubilee Anniversary.  To honor this special occasion, we received a special Papal Blessing. We celebrated a special Mass and luncheon at St. Philip Benizi Catholic Church in Jonesboro, GA.  Mass was celebrated by Fr. Michael Kolodziej, OFM [...]

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The Lamb of God

Reflection on the readings for the Second Sunday of Ordinary Time — USCCB (NAB) Reference  The selected OCIA theme of the day is that of Vocation.  Sharing some of the reflecting and note taking I did in preparation for OCIA. In the first reading, we have Samuel who was called by God in his youth.  [...]

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Immaculate Mary & a Franciscan Anniversary

I hardly know where to start when I think of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.  I will begin with my first catechism of the subject.  I think back to December of 1998 — when I was going through OCIA to join the Catholic Church.  The first 33 years of my life were formed in [...]

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God Beyond All Praising

Last week, I was in Rome to attend a dear friend’s ordination to the Order of Deacons.  It is not every day that you have the opportunity to attend an ordination at the Basilica of St. Peter.  My friend is one of 25 who were ordained from the North American College (NAC).  While it will [...]

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A Red Letter Kind of Saint & Why I Am A Franciscan

  Luke 9       The photo above is from the King James version of the Bible I was using prior to my conversion.  Protestants have many flavors of the Bible.  Most of my pastors taught from this one.  My point with this is regarding “red letter” editions.  In red letter editions, the four gospels use [...]

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