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Last Thursday at work, I spent the day with some of my coworkers and staff from other area agencies helping sort and divide somewhere around 100,000 hygiene products that were donated throughout Brown County as part of the Help for the Homeless Hygiene Drive.  This took place at Green Bay Community Church.  I walked intoContinue reading “The Most Beautiful Place”

Seven years ago, I attended a retreat, called CEW, for the first time.  I had been on retreats before, so I didn’t think it would be anything different, just another retreat.  But this past weekend I was on this same retreat, and as I reflect back on that first experience, I would’ve never imagined IContinue reading “Thank you, Lord”

How often do we have experiences that we perceive as coincidences?  The times where we think to ourselves, “wow, what are the chances?” or “did that really just happen?”.  The situations and happenings that seem random and like mere coincidences can be seen as something more when we have faith.  The greater the faith weContinue reading “Revealing His Goodness”

I’ve always liked envisioning an image of the desert.  It is a place that is warm, quiet, and probably pretty empty.  A space so different compared to the full and fast-paced environment we live in.  A place with no distractions and where we can hear more clearly.  A place that is still.  While we mayContinue reading “Going into the Desert”

Once a month, the 7th through 11th grade religious ed students start off the class period with eucharistic adoration, usually just for 15 minutes.  Every third week of the month, my 8th grade class, without fail, has rattled off a list of complaints before we head over to the church and also afterwards, once weContinue reading “A Choice to Make”

“Do not be afraid; just have faith” (Mark 5:36).  These words in Tuesday’s gospel that Jesus says to the synagogue official are words that he also says to us.  In our daily lives, there are many moments where we might be tempted to fear or worry about certain situations or about what is to come. Continue reading “Just Have Faith”

Last week, I spent the week at my sister and brother-in-law’s house in North Carolina and met my now three-week old nephew.  As I held him, and watched him, I was filled with so much love and gratitude for this new, precious and small  life.  As I spent time with him, I saw the workContinue reading “Unconditionally Pro-Life”

Nine years ago, as of yesterday, I received the Sacrament of Confirmation.  Some pictures from that night popped up in my facebook memories and caused me to think about the sacrament.  As I look back and reflect on the years since, I recognize just how significant and important that special evening was and how muchContinue reading “The Mission We’ve Been Given”

Who doesn’t love babies?  So small, precious, innocent, and helpless, it is so easy to love them.  Babies cannot do anything for us or for themselves.  They don’t have to do anything to gain our love.  We don’t love them because of what they do or don’t do, we love them simply because of whoContinue reading “The Greatest Gift”

This time of the year is the busiest time for so many people.  From Christmas parties, baking, shopping, decorating, and everything else this season brings, people are constantly going places and partaking in endless activities.  In all these activities and events that we can fill our time with, there is a deep void within usContinue reading “Filling the Empty Spaces”