I love my vocation, so let me get that out there to start. I was asked to write on this topic a few weeks ago, and needed some time to…
In the ever-lovely “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” we hear Charlie’s security blanket-toting friend Linus quote a line from the Gospel of Luke. “Behold, I bring you tidings of great joy…
Early on in this weird year of pandemic a very ugly trend began. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government’s face of COVID-19, issued a missive stating that everyone must wear masks…
I’ve done quite a few funerals of late. Not on the scale of Father Regis Ryan at the Archangel Gabriel parish, whose comforting nature and older congregation have made him…
“You are voting for (name of local pol), right?” I overheard one neighbor ask another last week. “I’m not, I’m voting for the other guy.” came the reply. “He’s not…
When this issue of the gazette hits newsstands, the presidential election will be four days out. On Tuesday, Nov. 3, Americans will decide who will sit in the Oval Office…
Eddie Van Halen? He can’t be dead, can he? The first time I saw Eddie and his band Van Halen was 1983. I was 14. I didn’t know what to…