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  We arrived in Israel early on Sunday morning. After about an hour bus ride from Tel Aviv, we arrived in Bethlehem at about 5 in the morning. We are …

Today we arived in Zurich, Switzerland where we had a 12 hour layover waiting for our flight to Tel Aviv to leave at 10:00 that night. Although I didn’t sleep …

Our pilgrimage started out as all pilgrimages should…with difficulty. It snowed about a foot overnight in Chicago and our bus to take us to the airport broke down on the …

By the time you read this I will most likely be somewhere over the Atlantic on my way to the Holy Land. As a part of our formation here at …

In my last post I was pointing out how amazing it is to see just how many people actually come to visit my blog. Well, I got an interesting email …

Every now and then I check some of the statistics that the Xanga people generate regarding who visits my blog. I’m always amazed to see that hundreds of people actually …

This past summer I had the amazing opportunity to serve on the formation team for the 2006 St. George Trek to Philmont Scout Reservation in New Mexico. For those not …

I’ve been bad about updating my blog lately as things have been really busy. So, I will put something of more substance up this weekend. But, for now, here’s something …

This Saturday we celebrated the memorial of St. Pio of Pietrelcina, better known as Padre Pio. In the summer of 2003 I had the opportunity to visit his home in …

I wish I had something profound to write today, but there’s just not a whole lot that I feel like writing. It was kind of a somber day at the …

I’ve been a little slow in posting some pictures of the Kelly Youth Rally from a couple weeks ago. This is a huge youth rally out in the western rural …

  Last weekend I had the great opportunity to attend the 7th annual Midwest Catholic Family Conference in Wichita, Kansas. There were several thousand people there, making it one of …

  Today is one of my favorite feast days in the Church year. I grew to love St. Lawrence largely through my affiliation with the St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center …

A Memorial Day to Remember

My Talks Available Online Many people have been emailing me over the last week that they missed my talk on the radio last week and wanted a copy of it. …

Me on the Radio (Encore) Well, I survived my first radio broadcast and had a really good time. I found out when I got there that they play the show …

Me on the Radio This is just a quick note to those of you in the Kansas City area to let you know that I’m going to be on the …

Me and My Sheep This last Sunday we read the Gospel about the “Good Shepherd” at Mass and I got to give a homily to the children. I’ve preached to …

   Last night I went to an absolutely awesome concert at Benedictine College. Catholic singer Matt Maher came to play for the first annual “Guitarfest” at Benedictine College in Atchison. As …

Reviving My Basketball Career   I haven’t played much basketball since I gave it up in high school in favor of Scholars’ Bowl. However, my career is showing signs of …

A Tale of Two Shawn’s                   I’ve been getting requests from people lately that I update my profile picture. I aim to please here and so have happily complied. The …

A Wonderful Family Tradition Today I got to witness one of the things that just makes our Archdiocese and our priests so great. One of the elderly priests of the …

My New Home With much thanks to God I am now safely home in Kansas and have begun my pastoral internship at Cure of Ars parish in Leawood. The way …

Street Scenes Mundelein Seminary is located right across the street from what I believe is the largest Catholic High School in the country, Carmel High School. Tonight I attended their …

Institution of Readers Today was a very important day in my life and the life of the seminary. During a solemn celebration of the Mass this evening, I was formally …

God Wants You! In today’s Gospel reading of Mass we hear of the call of St. Matthew. This weekend also marks the end of “Vocations Awareness Week.” So, I thought …

Old Friends, New Friends And A New Year As I began this school year, a trusted advisor told me that what I really needed to pray for was that God …

A Merry Mundelein Christmas Last night at the seminary we had our annual Christmas dinner and talent show. This is always one of the highlights of our year as we …

Happy (Spiritual) Birthday to Me 29 years ago today I was claimed for Christ Our Lord and was born from above by water and the Holy Spirit. Praise the Lord! …

Snow! I really don’t have much profound to say today, but it’s been a while since I updated my blog. So, I thought I would show some solidarity with those …

St. Rose Philippine Duchesne Friday, November 18th, was the Memorial of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne. She is the only canonized saint to live in Kansas. At morning Mass on her …

In Memoriam    This last week was finals week for us here at Mundelein. We’re on a quarter system here and our fall quarter just ended. On top of finals …