The Journeyman

Category: Church

  • bapchule bound 2005: getting to bapchule

    The Friday before the mission week rolled around. During the day, nothing exciting too place. I caught up on a couple of e-mails, sent some postal mail. Really, there was nothing exciting to mention. Around 5 p.m., Vanessa and Teeney, a student from Texas A&M who had previously served at St. Peter’s, arrived from The…

  • idea for the easter vigil

    I first heard this idea from the Open Book blog mentioning a similar practice held at St. Meinrad’s Archabbey. I tweaked it a bit and present it below. I’ll note that it is not practical for virtually all parish settings and would be best used in a communal-life setting. The Vigil begins in the normal…

  • bapchule bound 2005: the beginning

    On what is very much becoming an annual experience, I spent last week in Bapchule, Arizona serving at the St. Peter’s Indian Mission. Last year, I was a retreat leader for the Jr. High retreat aspect of the Vacation Bible School staffed by Sts. Simon and Jude parish in The Woodlands, TX. The parish had…

  • the pope on the orthodox

    Today, the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, Pope Benedict XVI gave the pallium, a yoke made of wool, to the newest metropolitan archbishops. This symbol of jursidiction, Pope Benedict XVI said, is an expression of their common responsibility before the “Arch-Shepherd” Jesus Christ. Also at this Mass was a delegation from the Orthodox Church…

  • bapchule bound 2005 completed

    Bapchule Bound 2005, the summer mission trip that I coordinated along with Vanessa Gonzalez and Stephanie Elliott, is now complete. Over the next few days, I’ll go into more depth and reflection, but for now, it was an amazing trip. We had over 200 kids in either VBS or the Jr/Sr. High retreat- an all-time…

  • gq takes a look at benedict xvi

    I’m looking through the June 2005 issue of GQ and the Letter from the Editor is all about our good ole’ Holy Father. I just knew Benedict would get that pope job. One look at the guy and you could smell the namked ambition. The way he was traipsing around the Vatican in long flowing…