On Sunday, I headed over the CUA for the mass and brunch in honor of Fr. Bob’s 25th anniversary of priesthood. It was very meaningful to me because he was my priest when I was an undergraduate student. He introduced me to the Franciscans and encouraged me to discern a priestly vocation. He has long [...]

The last few days have been a blur! Some highlights:
1. CUA vs. Salisbury Rugby game. My alma mater (CUA) lost. The loss was too bad, but it was great to spend time with the Quigley family. They are wonderful people that I got to know from St. Rose Parish. I enjoyed the game with them [...]

Today, the Franciscan family celebrates the feast of the Stigmata of St. Francis. Two years before his death, Francis spent made a 40 day fast in honor of St. Michael where he meditated on the charity of Christ’s passion atop Mt. LaVerna. At this time, a 6-winged sereph appeared and imprinted Francis with the marks [...]

I decided/was invited/am allowed to return to St. Rose of Lima for my pastoral work this year. My friend Meg is the new youth minister and I am grateful that I will be able to return to a place that was so important in my formation so far! I have learned so much about [...]

Two weekends in a row and I had two fundraisers for Franciscan education fund. This weekend, we were in Baltimore for a Crab Feast. If you have never experienced a Baltimore Crab Feast you are missing something.
We had groups come from all over our province for this event. The friars and postulants worked at [...]

This past Labor Day Weekend, I joined the friars and postulants to visit our friars and 3 parishes on the New Jersey Shore. Our friars have been coming to the shore for more than 40 years to preach at the masses and make an appeal for our Education fund.
This year I returned to St. [...]