Provincial

I’ll bet that many of you, like me, are fans of “The Antiques Roadshow.” For those of you who don’t know the program, people...

Last night I spent some time with a friend whose life, of late, has been burdened by a great deal of suffering and grief. In speaking about how she...

At Masses in England, a Hail Mary is prayed at the end of the Prayers of the Faithful, or “Bidding Prayers,” as they are called over...

What’s the most you would you be willing to do for a friend? Would you offer him a ride to the airport at 4:30 in the morning – without...

I hated playing cards with my mother, and as far as I know, all of my brothers and sisters felt the same way. And it wasn’t just cards, to...

When, as a young priest, I was a graduate student in the UK, I lived and worked in a big Catholic parish in downtown Cambridge. The parish was Our...

When I was a teenager, I attended the public high school in a small town near Boston, Massachusetts. I was fortunate in that I enjoyed my high...

We value some things because they are new, like the latest bestseller, the smell of a new car, the look and feel of a crisp new banknote, the first...

I remember years ago when I was still a seminarian, being invited to Corby Hall at Notre Dame for dinner with the Holy Cross priests and brothers. I...