making sense of life in the details
The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Holy Cross Retreat House, Easton, Massachusetts Today is episode 41: Retreat to Move Forward Well, hi, friends. What a couple of years it has been, am I right? We’ve heard the phrase ‘unprecedented times’ maybe more in the last handful... Continue Reading →
The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 11: Bloom Where You’re Planted Well, hey friends. Two towns away from where I live, there is a half mile stretch of road that contains huge chunks of my life and vocation in various buildings... Continue Reading →
The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 7 – Be or Do Well, hi friends. If it’s okay with you, I thought we’d start today with a question. Right off the top of your head, would you please complete the following sentence:... Continue Reading →
Our friend Fr. Joe Callahan passed from this life on Easter morning. He was the spiritual director of our retreat house, and had held that position for almost twenty years, affecting the lives of hundreds and hundreds of people who lived cursillo and other retreats at the house. When I heard the news, I did... Continue Reading →
As I settled into my seat at the annual gratitude mass for a large area charity, I shook my head in wonder. There were hundreds of people at the mass, and it had taken us quite a while to sit, there were so many people to hug. We’ve been a part of this place since... Continue Reading →
I just returned from helping out at a retreat weekend, and though I’ve been a part of many such weekends, I always learn and take away something new. It seems we go to things like these when we most need it, and this weekend was no exception. Sometimes we hear something in one of the... Continue Reading →
I was on retreat this weekend with a group of women and I had somewhat of a leadership role. I gave a talk, and helped facilitate conversations, but mostly I was in the retreat experience along with everyone else. It might have been easy for the women to believe that the ‘leaders’ among the group... Continue Reading →
