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Today I am starting work at Garmin as an “Aviation Programs Engineer/Manager.”

Roe v. Wade overturned marks a pivotal moment in history. This is a success story for the March for Life… and the separation of powers.

I am taking a leave from priestly ministry. This has been a very difficult decision and I ask for your prayers.

When I logged in this morning, I saw on my dashboard that there have been exactly 37,000 downloads of the homily podcast since I started keeping track sometime last year. …

When Jesus came to the end of his public ministry, he took Peter, James, and John up Mt. Tabor and was transfigured before them. He showed them his glory there …

Jesus grew up in Nazareth, but when he began his public ministry he made his home in Capernaum, at the home of Peter. The ruins of this city exist today …

This morning offered a chance for some beautiful prayer on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. I could imagine Jesus and the apostles spending many mornings in prayer here. …

We ended our stay in Jerusalem today with a Mass on the Mount of Olives at the place where Jesus wept over Jerusalem, knowing that it would soon be destroyed. …

We began our day today with Mass in the Garden of Gethsemane in the cave where Jesus would have gone with the apostles to pray. The scriptures tell us that …

We started our day well before sunrise today so that we could make the Way of the Cross through Jerusalem before things got busy. Although the streets have been rebuilt …

Yesterday, we started at the “beginning” with the birth of Jesus. For the next couple days we’ll be visiting sites in Jerusalem, not necessary “in order.” Today we began with …

Today is Christmas. At least for our group. We began this morning following in the footsteps of Mary as she “traveled in haste to the hill country of Judah, entered …

We left New York in the dark of Thursday night and arrived today in Tel Aviv in the dark of Friday night. The plane had the window shades down the …

In the winter of 2006-2007 I had the incredible opportunity to live and study in the Holy Land for 10 weeks with my seminary class. We took our professors with …

The following article first appeared in the Philmont Scout Ranch staff newsletter, The PhilNews, 2019 Issue 1. Cyphers Mine convinced me to become a Catholic priest. True story. It was …

On March 25th, I was blessed to celebrate the first ever Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form (sometimes called the “Traditional Latin Mass”) at my parish of St. Michael …

 This video could be a homily. I love how everything starts out ordered and initially has a sort of understandable pattern. But there comes a point when you are …

Here’s an update on my recent surgery as well as an announcement regarding a new assignment from the Archbishop.

On Tuesday, November 21st, I will undergo surgery to remove a tumor on the pituitary gland in my head. I first became aware of this tumor four years ago when …

The Final (Prudential) Judgment For almost every Presidential election I can remember, deciding who to vote for has been a fairly easy task. There have been only two realistic candidates. …

Most people who care about the lives of unborn babies and their mothers recognize today’s decision by the Supreme Court as a setback. It was. It is just the latest …

Effective July 1, 2016, Archbishop Naumann has appointed me as follows: Defender of the Bond – Archdiocesan Marriage Tribunal Pastor – St. Philip Neri Parish, Osawatomie Pastor – Sacred Heart …

The soul was made for beauty and Maurice Duruflé gives us much to be thankful for in his music and the biography of his life.

This morning, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments issued a decree with authority from Pope Francis to amend the liturgy for the Holy Thursday liturgy. …

It’s been an amazing couple of days here in Washington as Pope Francis has just completed his visit. Despite attempts to overly politicize this visit, Pope Francis showed us once …

In preparation for the Year of Mercy, Pope Francis released a letter expressing his desire to give priests some special abilities to minister to those seeking forgiveness for having participated in …

Today we went to visit the swamp mentioned in yesterday’s homily. It’s not a swamp anymore, but actually a small town in it’s own right. This is where St. Francis …

Today was a travel day from San Giovanni Rotondo to our home the next few nights, Assisi. On the way we stopped in the town of Lanciano to visit what …

San Giovanni Rotondo used to be a small town in the middle of nowhere, but today it is one of the largest pilgrimage sites in Italy. This is all thanks …

Buon giorno! We arrived safely in Roma this morning and met up with our local tour guides. We then headed out for our first stop, the town of Boville. I’m …

In history, pilgrimages have often been imposed as a penance to atone for sin. Despite all our modern conveniences, leaving home and traveling to a foreign country still requires a …

Every year when I go to file my taxes as a proud resident of the state of Kansas I am asked at the end of the process whether I might …