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Shea on Romney

Mark Shea doesn’t like and doesn’t trust Romney. Me neither. Here’s why.

2 Busy 2 Blog

Sunday: Parish Mass at 9. Depart for camp with 40 Middle School Students at 11. Monday all day. Chances and Challenges Camp –part of our Stepping Up Program at OLR Middle School. Tuesday – Camp and home. Meetings and dinner with friends. Wednesday – First Day of School, Catch up on emails, Staff meeting, Write [...]

Catholic Speakers Competition

Geesh, another popularity contest! What if it turns out like that date auction I took part in in college where there was only one bidder–a sweet girl called Janine who sort of liked me and she got me for 50 cents? Why not make me feel good and head over here to the competition Brandon [...]

Daphne Blytherington?

People have been wondering what the Vicar’s wife looks like. Thanks to The Crescat a photograph of Daphne Blytherington–she who must be obeyed has just surfaced…

St Maximillian Kolbe

Belmont Abbey Apologetics Camp

For the second year the Envoy Institute along with Belmont Abbey College have held an apologetics camp at beautiful Kahdalea Camp near Brevard in North Carolina. I was invited to join Patrick Madrid and Steve Wood and addressed about 75 high school and college kids from around the country.

Power, Love and a Sound Mind

Here is my latest article for Integrated Catholic Life. Called Power, Love and a Sound Mind–it’s a reflection on the need for perfect love to cast out fear in our lives.

Do You Have Spiritual Backbone?

Yesterday I came back from the Belmont Abbey Apologetics Camp where I spoke on More Christianity to about 75 high school and college kids. Pat Madrid was there and our friends, David and Anne Trufant–owners of the wonderful camps Kahdalea and Chosatonga. There are ideas cooking to expand the camp next summer and offer apologetics [...]

Big Puppets at Mass

You know those big puppets they have at Mass sometimes? Can I have one like this please? I’m thinking it would be very good as part of a homily on that great serpent the Devil.

What Do We Mean by the ‘Real Presence’?

These few weeks at Mass we’re going through the famous sixth chapter of John’s gospel–the Bread of Life passage. An increasing number of Catholics have been taught that the Eucharist is only symbolic. Many people refer to the term ‘the Real Presence’ to refer to the presence of Christ in the Eucharist. The problem is, [...]