I grew up on a private-way, dead-end street. It didn’t get any through traffic, so you could pay outside without worrying about much. It was quiet, too, so if you’re an adult, it could be very peaceful. But it also didn’t get the first attention from city services. When I was a kid, the road…
About 20 years ago, I worked in the parking lot that is behind the Green Monster at Fenway Park. That means that you get a red t-shirt with STAFF written on the back, and then you help people park their cars in the garage. It doesn’t mean that you get to see any of the…
I’m away on retreat until next Saturday – please keep me in your prayers!
Every year, I like to get to a few high school basketball games. Basketball was my favorite sport to play as a young guy, and, having played on my high school team, I enjoy going to watch some high school games. A few weeks ago, I went with a friend to a high school game…
When I was in the seminary, I took an elective class on the anthropology of Pope John Paul II before he became pope. He was a professor and a very smart man, so his writings were very good, but very long and deep. When the teacher covered things in class, I loved it and had…
For locals in Boston, I’m back in town for a few months in West Roxbury, feel free to call if you’d like to catch up, 857.261.0966 Jerome
In the first weeks I was here in Ecuador, I was sitting in a faculty meeting at the local school. I was a little late, and I sat down next to a young woman. Within the first 5 minutes of our conversation, she somehow found the segue to ask me if I could procure a…
I was a teaching assistant in graduate school for a while, and one of the things I used to do was collect and grade the homeworks. I would work on a scale of zero to 2. Two was you made a good effort at all or most of the work. One was you made a…
Paul wrote a lot of letters that are in the Bible. The last one of his letters is a very short one. It is a letter to a man named Philemon, and in it, it’s clear that Paul really wants Philemon to do something for him. Paul has a way of expressing it, and wanting…
Well, the new blog is up and running, so I am going to remove all the Bridge to Ecuador posts here. You can find all of them at the new blog: http://barriers2bridges.com/ A Living Monstrance will continue as a place for sharing spiritual reflections on events of life, for “finding the hidden God in life”.…
I visit a village called Santa Cecilia every Saturday for sharing the Word of God and being with the people and especially the children. So Saturday I was preparing some things before going there, and decided it was time to go and get some lunch. Outside my window there is an concrete park where a…
Hi all, Well I’m starting to make plans to come back to Boston at the end of February until the end of April, and I’m beginning to look for a place to stay in the Boston area for that time. So, if you happen to hear of a room for rent open in the Boston…
