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B.A., Sociology with a minor in Science, Technology, and Society, 2010, The University of Texas at Austin
M.B.A., Business Analytics, 2024, Midwestern State University (TX)
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Animation about Pope Benedict XVI
Reading through e-mails today, I stumbled upon this video made about Pope Benedict XVI. Enjoy:
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Pope Benedict XVI’s Intentions for April
For the month of April, the Holy Father asks our prayers for the following intentions: Fundamentalism and ExtremismGeneral: That every tendency to fundamentalism and extremism may be countered by constant respect, by tolerance and by dialogue among all believers. Persecuted ChristiansMissionary: That Christians persecuted for the sake of the Gospel may persevere, sustained by the…
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(Not So) Final Words on the Sex Abuse Scandal
When I was a student at UT, I had a meeting with then-Bishop Gregory Aymond of Austin in his office at the Chancery. I met with him there a few times for a few different things and I couldn’t tell you which of those applied in this case. I can’t remember much from the conversation…
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Goodbye Route 29
Image via Wikipedia I hardly knew you. To be filed in the “Things No One Cares About Else It Wouldn’t Be Happening” folder, Capital Metro is proposing that they cancel Route 29. Route 29 is, frankly, not the best of the routes, heading from basically Zilker to the UT campus. When I lived near South…
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In Defense of the Church
There has been more stories than anyone cares to read about the horrific cases of sexual abuse by priests of the Catholic Church and moreso recently with the Irish, German and Wisconsin cases breaking. No one can even attempt to defend the men who actually committed these acts. What they did was horrible, wrong, sinful…
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Designations Galore
I’m slowly becoming more settled into my new position with the Knights of Columbus. I do a number of things for my councils–assist with recruitment, integrate new members into council life (although, ideally, the council itself wouldn’t need me for this), assist members with financial planning and helping them with the various options to implement…