The Chair of Saint Peter has been vacated. This is a surprising situation that has left us unsure of how to respond. Most importantly, I just want...
Better than the BCS
Roses, Oranges, Fiestas. Sugar and Cotton. The first week of January in America is all about college football, crowning champions, and dishing out...
UP Student Affairs Hosts Retreat on the Feast of St. Andre
The Division of Student Affairs at the University of Portland celebrated the feast of St. André Bessette this year with a day-long retreat....
Celibate Priest + Math Professor = Dating Advisor?
As we approach Valentine's Day next week, I am especially mindful of a surprising reality in my life: recently, a number of University of Portland...
Following a Saint who Followed a Saint
And the story goes on … Oh, when the saints, go marching in … O Lord, I want to be in that number! That sounded in my heart throughout...
Serving the Poor and Afflicted
One of the most central parts of being a religious of Holy Cross, or just a Catholic for that matter, is in some way reaching out to the poor and...
A Brother and a Protector
This past Thursday, the University of Portland Board and the Holy Cross community at UP paid tribute and bid farewell to Br. Donald Stabrowski,...
Our Brotherhood in Holy Cross Never Meant More
I could not have imagined that my first Ash Wednesday in México at La Luz Parish, a very intense and busy day, would end with me learning...
Our Lady of Sorrows
There stood by the cross of Jesus his mother Mary, who knew grief and was a Lady of Sorrows. She is our special patroness, a woman who bore much she...