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Monthly Archives: January 2026
Dilexi Te 73: Accompanying Migrants
The Bible teaches us well on the matter of Accompanying migrants: 73. The experience of migration accompanies the history of the People of God. Abraham sets out without knowing where he is going; Moses leads the pilgrim people through the … Continue reading
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A Fidelity That Generates the Future 15: Overcoming Individualism
Fraternity and individualism: are these complete opposites? Are seminary formators aware everywhere of this spectrum of opposites? 15. Precisely for this reason, however, priests are called to respond to the grace of fraternity by manifesting and ratifying with their lives what is … Continue reading
Dilexi Te 72: Education Not a Favor, But a Duty
Let’s offer up a credal statement–at least that might be what Pope Leo was thinking the day he wrote this passage. 72. For the Christian faith, the education of the poor is not a favor but a duty. Children have … Continue reading
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A Fidelity That Generates the Future 14: Fidelity and Fraternity
Fidelity and fraternity 14. The Second Vatican Council placed the specific service of priests within the equal dignity and fraternity of all the baptized, as the Decree Presbyterorum Ordinis clearly states: “Even though the priests of the new law by reason of … Continue reading
Best Years
I caught part of a classic film this morning, The Best Years of Our Lives. I was aware of the title and topic, and that it had received many awards. Five things stood out for me, not in any particular order: … Continue reading
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Dilexi Te 71: Religious Sisters
It wasn’t just men, to make an obvious point. 71. Many female congregations were protagonists of this pedagogical revolution. Founded in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Ursulines, the Sisters of the Company of Mary Our Lady, the Maestre Pie … Continue reading
Ibis
It was one of my favorite words as a young boy: ibis. Not sure why. Later I became aware of the bird with the downward bending beak. There are many species of ibises, but the one pictured on the right … Continue reading
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A Fidelity That Generates the Future 13: Safeguarding and Nurturing Vocations
13. This requires safeguarding and nurturing a vocation through a constant journey of conversion and renewed fidelity, which is never a purely individual path but commits us to caring for one another. Forming seminarians not as lone rangers, but as … Continue reading
Dilexi Te 70: Three Examples
Moving today into the 1800s: 70. In the nineteenth century, also in France, Saint Marcellin Champagnat founded the Institute of the Marist Brothers of the Schools. “He was sensitive to the spiritual and educational needs of his time, especially to … Continue reading
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A Fidelity That Generates the Future 12: A Seminarian’s Heart
12. Consequently, “the seminary is meant to be a training ground to help a seminarian attend to his own heart… we need to learn how to love and how to do so as Jesus did.” It is a myth that … Continue reading
Dilexi Te 69: Saints Joseph Calasanz and John Baptist de La Salle
We take schools for granted. There are certainly neanderthals today who want to roll back education for everybody. That would be out of sync from the Church, at least our last four centuries of service. Let’s begin with the Piarists: … Continue reading
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A Fidelity That Generates the Future 11: Looking Carefully
11. The issue of formation is also central to addressing the phenomenon of those who, after a few years or even decades, leave the priestly ministry. This painful reality should not be interpreted solely in legal terms, but requires us … Continue reading
This Weekend’s Bishop Barron Vector
I debated making any public comment on a bishop in my state. Over the last half hour, I noted this lament on WPI which included a screenshot of a Friday tweet which I’ve in turn screenshotted. … Continue reading
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Dilexi Te 68: The Education of the Poor
Teaching people. Education is so often seen as one of the most essential ladders to lift a person into success, fruitfulness, a meaningful life. Knowledge is opportunity. It can be, at least. Pope Leo is going to take us on … Continue reading
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Catholic Sensibility 
Absence
Liam may have been one of the few who noticed, but I took a few days. Things are still very hot here in Minnesota. I’ve poked in on social media and my brother is a good bit more heated and … Continue reading →