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  • A Lenten Pilgrimage, A Weekly Reflection and How Faith Inspires Service 

    Week Four: Sacrifice, the Family and Service The Presentation: Service, Sacrifice, and the Family   This week’s reflection is centered upon The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple and the immeasurable faith of Jesus’ mother Mary and his earthly father Joseph demonstrated knowingly presenting their child to the Lord.  Interestingly, despite this being a revisiting of…

  • A Lenten Pilgrimage, A Weekly Reflection and How Faith Inspires Service

    Week Three: The Power of Education in Faith and Service How does education shape those who serve others whether in the firehouse or on the mission field? This week, I’ve chosen to reflect upon the impact of training and education, inspired by the SMA Fathers, an order of missionary priests serving in Africa, and how…

  • A Lenten Pilgrimage, A Weekly Reflection and How Faith Inspires Service

    Week Two   St. Patrick’s Cathedral, St. Patrick, Human Dignity and Emergency Services Praying for the Papal Conclave This week and specifically, today, the Papal Conclave begins, and I will be praying that The Holy Spirit guides the College of Cardinals as they select the apostolic successor to St. Peter and the Bishop of Rome.…

  • A Lenten Pilgrimage, A Weekly Reflection and How Faith Inspires Service

    Discovering the pilgrimage Each Lent for the past 12 years I have attended daily Mass as a pilgrimage. The first two years were inspiring and centered Christ in my daily life. This was inspired by the homily offered by a visiting Franciscan Friar during an Ash Wednesday mass at my parish at the time Our…