Please keep me in your prayers. I leave tomorrow for my retreat before I am ordained a deacon. I will be going to a friary in NY and directed by the pastor there. I am really excited! Be assured of my prayers as well!
peace and good,
friar Matt

Last night, I rearranged and decorated the chapel to get ready for the new liturgical season of Lent. Over the last few days, I burned old palms for ashes, reorganized the altar, chairs and ambo and tried to come up with my own personal penances for Lent!
I read this last year from Cardinal Ratzinger’s (Pope [...]

I just emailed my classmate my bibliography for my portion of the paper! We discuss it next week. My hope and prayer is that it is accepted with no (or minimal) rewrites! This has been a huge time consumer and has been on my mind, thoughts and prayers for awhile.
peace and good,friar Matt

I wanted to write and check in because it has been a little while. Live in Washington in going well, though I have been busy with school and ministry. I am working on my second intergrating seminar paper which I need to finish and pass to graduate from WTU. I am not sweating it out, [...]