By Deacon John De Gano
FACT: Life is precious.
As I added my voice to the prayers of our school kids, teachers, parents and staff as they prayed a ‘living Rosary’ for a former teacher, colleague and friend, I couldn’t help but feel a bit guilty for my initial reaction of disbelief at Bishop Barnes’ announcement of the senseless tragedy unfolding just a few miles away.
By Deacon John Degano
‘Always be prepared to give an accounting of the reason for your faith.’’
That’s one of my mantras.
St. Peter actually wrote that in one of his letters to the Church.
I have the luxury of living it in the world.
By John De Gano
I am in my second childhood.
That’s what my fellow staff members initially thought this summer when I began tearing up newspapers and dipping them in watered down glue before affixing them to the outside of a plastic bag-covered coffee can.
By John De Gano
Fresh from publishing his document on the environment, Laudato Si (May 23, 2015), Pope Francis did what any ‘worth-his-salt’ author would do, he went on a whirlwind promotional tour, stopping at the U.S. Capitol to speak to Congress, lunching with the homeless, and preaching at Masses at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington D.C., and at Madison Square Garden.
By Deacon John DeGano
The other day Cheryl and I caught the Disney movie, Tomorrowland, at the local cheap theater.
This may come as a shock to some who know me, because I usually am a pretty discriminating movie viewer; setting the bar pretty high when it comes to what I will pay full price for and what I deem not worthy of even a couple of bucks… (I’ve been burned before!).
