God is always, already present!

Today we celebrate the Solemnity of Pentecost. It’s also the day I celebrate the anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood. Although the date is actually, June 3, 1990, I chose it because it was Pentecost. This feast of the Spirit ties into my whole approach to theology, church and priestly ministry. It is grounded [...]

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Millions

The friars of my community just spent a day of recollection.. sort of a one day retreat.. which included lots of time for reflection and faith sharing. The themes for our retreat come from the section of the Acts of the Apostles (Chapter 4) that describes how the early Christians shared everything in common and [...]

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Pope2You

The Holy See has launched a new website pope2you.net (probably would have been better as Pope2U) which  provides a portal for people on the internet and works with Facebook and includes links to the Vatican channel on YouTube and the special apps for the iphone and itouch.  It also connects to H2O which is an [...]

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Pope: No more fighting! No more terrorism! No more war!

No more fighting! No more terrorism! No more war! Benedict XVI ended his visit to the Holy Land with a strong appeal for peace during the departure ceremony at Ben Gurion International Airport in T…

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Dundas Square Event

I attended the event at Dundas Square yesterday. I got there in time (after mass and baptisms) for part of the concert with our fellow franciscan, Anna DaCosta and friends. There was a respectable crowd despite the cool weather. The Archbishop was in the square meeting people, chatting and just plain accessible and friendly. What [...]

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Don Mills fireworks May 23

The Victoria Day weekend fireworks at the “Shops” in Don Mills schedules for May 16 were cancelled because of the high winds. The fireworks have been rescheduled for May 23, Saturday at 9:15 pm. Note that during the fireworks, access to the parking lot and exit from the property will be restricted. If you are [...]

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Piazza in Don Mills

In Assisi  they have the Piazza del commune. It’s the heart of the small town that have birth to St. Francis of Assisi. Even in the cold winter months the people gather there at night and stroll, stop in shops for an espresso with a touch of grappa! It’s part of the beauty of life [...]

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C’est le mois de Marie

(It’s the month of Mary) Do you pray the Rosary? Alone, in church, quickly, slowly? We all have our preferences, but in the end we all end up at the same place… in a mother’s arms.

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Too young for the seminary?

The Diocese of Little Rock in Arkansas has a new vocation recruitment program where they “sign” highschool students up for the seminary… the way sports teams do. The students sign letters of intent to go to seminary in the Fall. I don’t know but I wonder if straight out of highschool is what we want [...]

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B16 gets A+ in Holy Land

In a speech in the West Bank at the foot of “the wall” Pope Benedict calls for what any reasonable person knows is the only solution. He repeats the call for co-existence of Palestine and Israel in peace. He calls for courage and bold action. Once again, B16 and the Holy See have shown the [...]

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