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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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When One Door Closes…
[This the third post in a series looking at my decision to leave the UCC and what’s next. Return to the first post.] What are you going to do now? When discerning how to handle the conflict rising in me, I created a list of priorities: Need to be home more. Need to make no…
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It All Comes Down to Kids
[This is the second of four posts regarding my decision to leave the UCC and what’s next. Read the first post.] Why are you leaving the UCC? I met my wife through a mission trip that I only went on because a friend asked me to go in the UCC computer lab. Four of the…
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Austin’s New Bishop
Rocco can knock out the words faster and with a nicer flare than I can, so I’m going to throw you over to him to read the skinny on our new bishop. Bishop Vasquez is the fifth bishop of Austin, three of whom were priests of Galveston(/Houston), of which two of them were Auxiliary Bishop…
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All Good Things…
All good things must come to an end and this is true once again. After much discernment, prayer, conversation and a bit of gut feeling, I am resigning from the University Catholic Center, effective March 1st. I’ve been employed at the UCC full-time through various positions since the summer of 2005 and have done a…
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Pope Benedict XVI’s Intentions for January
For the month of January, the Holy Father asks our prayers for the following intentions: Young people and Social Communications MediaGeneral: That young people may learn to use modern means of social communication for their personal growth and to better prepare themselves to serve society. Christian UnityMissionary: That every believer in Christ may be conscious…
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Can’t Keep a Good Pope Down
Forget Timex… Pope Benedict XVI can take a lickin’ and keep on tickin’. Tonight, during the Midnight Mass (held at 10 p.m.) at St. Peter’s Basilica, a reportedly-disturbed woman jumped over the retaining wall and hurdled herself toward the Holy Father. Security held her, but the scuffle unded up taking both Pope Benedict XVI and…