The Blessing of Cancer???

In this vlog I speak with Pam Fontaine, a chemistry teacher at La Salle Academy (the school where I serve as chaplain).  She shares how she came to see her bout with cancer as a blessing in her life.  She is an inspiration to me.  I know you, too, will be inspired by her.

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Lessons from a Flight Delay

As I write this I’m cruising at 30,000 feet on my way to Omaha, Nebraska to spend the week at the Institute for Priestly Formation (IPF) at Creighton University.  IPF is a wonderful program designed to help seminarians enter into a deeper relationship with the Holy Trinity.  There are 175 seminarians from all over the country that will spend ten weeks studying, praying, and doing volunteer work.

My flight was scheduled to leave Providence at 12:30, but due to bad weather in Detroit it was delayed by about an hour.  The delay almost made me miss my connection, but the pilot did a good job of “making up time in the air.”  On a side note, I’ve never figured that one out: if they can make up time in the air, why don’t they just increase the flight speed all the time to shorten all flights?

The short delay prompted me to ponder some life lessons: Read more »

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