A Tribute to A Holy Man, A Timely Mission, A Great Method – Academically Excellent and Passionately Catholic

A GOOD MAN… A HOLY FATHER… A SERVANT LEADER… Has gone home to the Father… after helping rebuild the Church Universal and leaving a legacy of living stoneis! In tribute to Fr. Michael Scanlan, T.O.R., a Franciscan Friar of the Third Order Regular, a son of St. Francis of Assisi, whom he endeavored to imitate … Continue reading

LOVE BELIEVES ALL THINGS. #GetMercy #GiveMercy #LiveMercy #100WaysIn100Days

LOVE BELIEVES ALL THINGS. How different the world would be if we were all more trusting and trustworthy! 84, 83, 82… days left until the end of the Extraordinary #JubileeYearOfMercy. It’s never too late to begin to #LiveMercy. Here is how… #100WaysIn100Days! 18) TRUST ONE ANOTHER.  Pope Francis invites us to do so, while reflecting on St. … Continue reading

LOVE BEARS ALL THINGS. #GetMercy #GiveMercy #LiveMercy #100WaysIn100Days

LOVE BEARS ALL THINGS. Are you ready to give and receive fault-bearing love? We all want it and need it. And thank God that “Love coexists with imperfection. It “bears all things” and can hold its peace before the limitations of the loved one.” 85, 84, 83… days left until the end of the Extraordinary … Continue reading

LOVE REJOICES IN TRUTH, NOT EVIL! #GetMercy #GiveMercy #LiveMercy #100WaysIn100Days

LOVE REJOICES IN THE TRUTH AND IN ANOTHER’S GOOD, NOT EVIL. 86, 85, 84 days left until the end of the Extraordinary #JubileeYearOfMercy. It’s never too late to begin to #LiveMercy. Here is how… #100WaysIn100Days! 17) LOVINGLY REJOICE WITH OTHERS IN THE TRUTH! Negativity. Toxicity. Constantly comparing and competing. Rejoicing secretly in other people’s failures. Rejoicing … Continue reading

LOVE FORGIVES! #GetMercy #GiveMercy #LiveMercy #100WaysIn100Days

LOVE FORGIVES. Do we? 100, 99, 98… 85 days left until the end of the Extraordinary #JubileeYearOfMercy. Pope Francis challenges us once again to #GetMercy and #GiveMercy and #BeGodsMercy during and beyond this year of grace and favor from our God. It’s never too late to begin to #LiveMercy. Find and put into practice daily … Continue reading

WANTED: NEW EVANGELIZERS for a NEW EVANGELIZATION

Conversion. Discipleship. Evangelization.   Not following the logic of the world, but of the Lord  Converted missionary disciples who are becoming saints Embracing the place and the role Jesus gives us Doing not our will, but the will of the Lord     It was good to see and hear Archbishop Salvatore (Rino) Fisichella, President … Continue reading

“THE BEEBS” AND HIS “BELIEBERS” – REMEMBER YOU ARE LOVED

“THE BEEBS” AND HIS “BELIEBERS” – REMEMBER YOU ARE LOVED This Bieber brother needs prayers – now! His Mother likely does too – as do his closest associates, promoters, advisors, lawyers, caretakers, teachers, entourage, friends, and fans. Yesterday, having been released from detention, Beiber compares himself, via Instagram picture and caption, with none other than the … Continue reading

N.E.T.S.: a dynamic, up-to-date, practical, and useful new evangelization training opportunity! Register today!

Are you ready for some new evangelization? The Pope is! And it is urgent: “A profound crisis of faith… has affected many people… the love of Christ… impels us to evangelize…” (Pope Benedict XVI: Porta Fidei, 2; 7) “Even in countries evangelized many centuries ago, the reality of a ‘Christian society’ which… measured itself explicitly … Continue reading

Greetings from Australia!

 Greetings from Australia where I spoke alongside Archbishop Fisichella, the President of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization, at PROCLAIM 2012 this past week/end! The Lord has sent me to be His witness “to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1) – literally! It was a delight to share the podium with the … Continue reading