This morning’s Mass was really special. We celebrated with two priests who were not only brothers, but twins–and one a bishop! Bishop David Thompson flew down to our neck of the woods to celebrate the 60th anniversary (!!) of his twin brother’s ordination to the priesthood. His brother, Monsignor Ed Thompson, is my long-time mentor …
I love to read. When I’m not with my family or at work, and when I’m not organizing my library, you will probably find me behind a book. By the close of the year I will have read over 100 books–over 20,000 pages–a feat I can now cross off my bucket list. From that many …
Today, besides being the official feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, is the unofficial feast day of Servant of God Fulton Sheen, who died 31 years ago today. Sheen is one of my greatest heroes whose wisdom and preaching style I emulate anytime I give a talk. He was a masterful orator, but beyond …
I mentioned before that my parish recently hosted a “Celebration of Fulton Sheen”, which was attended by roughly 500-600 people. I co-hosted the celebration with my mentor and spiritual director, Monsignor Ed Thompson, one of our parish priests. The celebration included two identical events, each composed of two separate parts. In the first part, we …
Last night, I hosted a “Celebration of Archbishop Fulton Sheen” at my parish which was incredible. We had roughly 600 people attending, many of whom left with tears in their eyes after being deeply moved during the event. I will be writing more on the celebration soon in a separate blog post. But I wanted …
