Easter Sunday – One Soul
Murray Hill, NY. As I relax here over coffee at our place in midtown, reflecting on the exuberant “Alleluia” pouring like a fountain from my heart, my thoughts turn to
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Good Friday – Love in the City
Prince and Mott, So Ho. Cold, brisk wind blowing out of the north. From near and far, through the long day and evening, missionaries are streaming in from all
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Holy Thursday – I am yours, and you are mine
Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, SoHo. In his powerful Holy Thursday sermon at the Mass of the Lord’s Supper, Fr. Ray got pretty animated as he unwrapped the mystery of
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Spy Wednesday – This Was No Accident
St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral, SoHo. A low front stalled over New York. A cold damp mist hangs in the air. The mission is back where it started, in Old
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Welcome Home
St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Fifth Avenue, New York. His Eminence Cardinal Dolan likes to refer to St. Patrick’s as “America’s Parish Church.” Last night, amidst the droves of New Yorkers,
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Answer the Call
Antonello da Messina, Virgin Annunciate, 1476, Palazzo Abatellis, Palermo, Sicily, a special exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of New York, 2005 MISSION PRELUDE In just one short week, our missionaries will
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A Transformative Journey
Rubens, Venus and Adonis, 1630s “Sometimes the hardest thing to give up is actually the thing most likely to make us better.” The icebreaker question drew out a number of
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Love and Joy
St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York City. What a night at the big cathedral! Every “highway and byway” within the city block’s expansive holy space was filled with visitors, of
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A Time to Gather
New York, Feast of Padre Pio. This morning the city awoke to a chill, clear autumn day; the storms of yesterday have passed. The promise of a glorious fall is
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Padre Pio Reconciliation Mission
Thy Kingdom Come! Dear Missionaries, I hope this note finds you well, enjoying the last warm days of summer! Schools are open, Covid restrictions have been lifted – life has
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