I love seeing the world through Isabella’s eyes. I try to take a walk each morning and occasionally one of the kids gets up with me and wants to go. This morning it was Isabella’s turn and finally she’s old enough and tall enough that she doesn’t slow me down too much and has the [...]
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Why not to take 5 small children to Easter Vigil, or How to reaffirm priests in their celibacy
Happy Easter! We ventured out last night to the Easter Vigil with all five kids and while it wasn’t a complete disaster, it wasn’t exactly smooth sailing. We’ve made it a habit in the past few years to go to both Christmas Midnight Mass and Easter Vigil with the kids. I was dubious the first [...]
Grow up, Man up, Be Gentlemen
I’ve been following the disturbing case in Steubenville, Ohio, in which two high school football players were on trial for and found guilty of raping a teen girl, because I once lived there as a student at Franciscan University. But the case has also grabbed national headlines perhaps because it encapsulates all we fear about [...]
In persona Christi
My colleague, George Martell, took this photo of me and Cardinal Seán after an adoration and prayer service with him and other Pastoral Center employees to pray with and for him as heads to Rome for the conclave. I asked Anthony who he saw in the picture. “Daddy,” he said. “And who else?” “Jesus!” Job [...]
Say hello to Lucia Rose
Meet my new daughter, Lucia Rose. She was born today, 1/3/13 at 1300 (i.e. 1 p.m.). She was 7lbs, 2oz, and 18–1/2 inches long and had a full head of dark brunette hair. Lucia shares a birthday with my favorite author, J.R.R. Tolkien, born this day in 1892, and the famed pianist/humorist Victor Borge. Her [...]
The world they inherit will have smartphones
Sophia, who is 4, and Isabella, almost 6, came to me and Melanie the other day with a little game they were playing. Sophia had a stack of colorful cardboard cards with difference colors and patterns on them, telling us that this was her phone. Not to be outdone, Isabella carried over a stack of [...]
The Life of the Mind for a Good Marriage
Before I was married I used to lead a Bible study in my parish that brought together mainly young adults. As the resident guy with the Theology degree, I became the study leader, leading the discussion and doing the research into what we were reading at the time. I enjoyed it immensely, because it was [...]
They should have had a Lifehammer in Logan, Utah
Perhaps you’ve heard the news story out of Utah about the car with a dad and three kids that flipped into an icy river. Eight men in passing cars leapt into the river to rescue them, including one man who shot out a window with his handgun and another who had a knife to cut [...]
Rediscovering conversation in our marriage
As Melanie and I drove 2 hours each way to my mom and sister’s house in Maine, we rediscovered something about our relationship. We really have great conversations in the car. (Today, we talked about the coming development of theology concerning the body-soul hybrid of personhood as well as the development of a theology of [...]
The Butterfly Place
As I’m on vacation this week, we decided to take the kids on a day trip yesterday. As few weeks ago, the Get My Perks website, a Groupon clone, offered a deal for The Butterfly Place, a small family-run butterfly house about an hour away in Westford, MA. The kids love butterflies, especially Isabella, and [...]
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