My little sister, actually my seventh sister, Colleen Patricia White, celebrated her 40th birthday this week. That would not usually be remarkable, except for the fact that Colleen is remarkable. Colleen, born within a year of the issuing of the…
Check out this clip from a recent TED conference of Brother David Steindl-Rast, OSB, a Benedictine monk, giving tips on how to make the gentle power of gratitude permeate our lives. Bro. David’s words resonated with me because I’ve discovered, in…
“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” Psalm 139:13-14 Take a few minutes –…
Thanks to microscopy, digital photography, and the Olympus BioScapes International Digital Imaging Competition, creation which was once invisible is now visible to us in stunning color and detail. The Olympus Bioscapes contest with its extraordinary images was initiated by Olympus, the…
Here’s a stunning view of NASA’s Juno spacecraft heading toward earth, on its way to be “sling shot” toward Jupiter. The video, which shows the moon orbiting the earth in dramatic fashion, was composed of pictures sent back to earth…
With all the brouhaha surrounding Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation, “The Joy of the Gospel”, especially his critique of capitalism, I thought it best to go back to the basics and learn about the fundamentals of Catholic Social Teaching. Just how…
Here’s an Advent piece that I originally wrote for the Catholic Evidence Guild of Guam, which I’ve dusted it off a bit and shortened: How many times during Advents past have you heard that looooong list of names recited from…
Last May, Harrison Okene, the Nigerian cook aboard the tug Jacson-4, was rescued from 30 meters below the Atlantic after spending almost three days in an air pocket aboard the ship which had overturned and capsized. His 11 fellow crew…