I love but am always drained by these past few days! I attended for the 12th time the Annual Vigil Mass for Life and the Pro-Life March. Each night before the March, there is a giant mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. It is one of my favorite masses, [...]

This past weekend, I chaperoned the Confirmation Retreat for St. Rose of Lima Parish. In one word it can only be described as amazing! We had more than 30 young men and women who are preparing for confirmation. They were wonderful! Equally impressive was the group of adults and young adults who I was privileged [...]

On Friday, I left DC early and drove up to Baltimore. My friend Mark is the art teacher at Curley. He asked if I would help chaperone a field trip to the Walter’s Art Gallery. I am glad I did, it was cool to hang out with him and the students, PLUS it is a [...]

The Feast of the Epiphany is an important one in the life of our community. We spent the last day or so getting resettled in Washington after our time away with family and friends. I attended mass this morning at St. Rose. I loved finally being there for a part of the Christmas season. [...]

I just returned to the friary in DC. I spent New Years Eve in Ocean City Maryland with some friends and the night before I was in Philadelphia visiting a friend who just returned from teaching abroad in Chile! It was a nice couple days and a great opportunity to be with some good friends [...]