Life can be a real drain
It’s firmly established in the Jolivet Family that my brother followed in my dad’s footsteps with skilled hands and a keen eye for detail....
Celebrating Kalaupapa Month
You may have noticed that I’ve been AWOL from these pages for the past several weeks. The reason is that my computer died a...
Full immersive faith with Bartimaeus resolution
Watching a movie in an IMAX theater is a fully immersive cinematic adventure. According to the IMAX website, it is a “heart pounding, awe...
Sensus Fidelium
On Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021, Pope Francis officially opened the 16th Synod of Bishops. A Synod is a meeting or assembly of Church leaders....
Servant leadership
The Catholic Church continues to experience much pain. More revelations of abuse have been exposed. These included not only a cardinal but also a...
Martyr of the Sacrament of Confession
On January 30, after finishing celebrating Sunday morning Masses, I was startled by a text message from a friend, a cloistered Dominican nun, with...
Heaven is a personal encounter
Quite recently, I happened across a catechetical video from quite a large Catholic apostolate which included a segment asking people about what they imagined...
Auld lang syne
The old man awakened to the muffled sound of not-so-far away explosions and regained enough of his senses to see the flashes of light...
Gratitude for 50 years of love, and counting
This is a week in which many of us slow down and thank God for the blessings He has given to us, to our...
Growing in devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus
One of the fruits of the Year of St. Joseph just concluded was the opportunity to enter into his contemplative, hardworking silence and to...
