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  • The Question Posed, The Answer Given

    The Question Posed, The Answer Given

    Here I am flying home to spend some well-deserved, though I’m sure under-appreciated, time with family and friends. So where does this flight lead? On a human level, it brings me home to celebrate my finishing of the Pre-Theology program and of earning my Master’s of Arts in Philosophy and Religion. It brings me back […]

  • Saint Spotlight: St. Ignatius of Antioch

    Saint Spotlight: St. Ignatius of Antioch

    St. Ignatius of Antioch (AKA: The Fire Bearer) Born: 35AD Died: 108AD Patronage: Church in North Africa/East Mediterranean Today is the feast of St. Ignatius of Antioch who gave the church her name. When looking out at a group of disciples he said that this faith was Catholic, meaning universal. He realized that Christ’s beautiful […]

  • We Were Meant to Thrive!

    We Were Meant to Thrive!

    Lately I’ve been thinking and I have come to the realization that I live every day just waiting for it to be over. When I get my work schedule every Sunday I think of just getting done working and getting to Sunday ’cause that’s a day off for me. I went with The Mobile Mission […]

  • Weakness

    Weakness

    This summer I spent six golden weeks in middle-of-nowhere Dahlonega, GA at LifeTeen’s summer camp Hidden Lake, and it wrecked my life. As has every mass since. At camp we woke up exhausted and went to bed exhausted, and we did everything as a community (including peeing our pants (if you didn’t pee your pants […]

  • Trusting in God Alone

    Trusting in God Alone

    * photo by Casey Johnson Jesus I trust in You. Hello everyone! For those of you who don’t know, I’ve been at Life Teen’s Camp Covecrest as a summer missionary for the last 3 weeks. Camp Covecrest is a camp in Tiger, GA where Catholic teens from all over the US come for a week-long encounter […]

  • A Parent’s Joy

    A Parent’s Joy

    As most of you are aware, I recently arrived at the Mundelein Seminary in Illinois for the Archdiocese of Atlanta. While the transition has been, at times, the best thing I have ever done – at others, it’s been a time of extreme struggle and strife – as the storm rages in the heart of […]