“The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.Pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”Read More

Photo by Marissa Elion of SouthFloridaPaddle---For many years I worked with young people as their Campus Minister at John Carroll, encouraging them to make a difference in the world. It's a theme that I repeat often in my talks, my prayers and invocations, and my writings. “A single, ordinary personRead More

Advent started! Luckily our kindergartener came home from school with a wreath he had made, reminding us to find our larger wreath.Then we added Advent calendars to the mix because nothing says, “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel,” like the Avengers and little pieces of chocolate.We haven’t even started filling ourRead More

Be like Leonardo DiCaprio.” That was the call of Sister Aloha Vergara, who praised DiCaprio’s speech at the Feb. 28 Academy Awards.~ By Catholic News ServiceMANILA, Philippines – “Be like Leonardo DiCaprio.”Ucanews.com reported that was the call of Sister Aloha Vergara of the Handmaids of the House of God, who said DiCaprio’s speech at the...Read More