ather Don Farnan Mar 30 I have had a few recent encounters with students, alumni, and friends of Rockhurst University that, I believe, will help shape my role there in upcoming years. They all pointed to the value of friendships. Perhaps, most explicit was the...
Carry On Wayward Son Father Don Farnan Mar 20 In Robert Services’ famous poem, “Carry On,” he encourages human engagement in every aspect of life, from the youthful energy of overzealous adolescents to the struggled breathing of those in their final days on earth. He...
DAVID BROOKS Author David Brooks will be the guest of Rockhurst University later this month, speaking about the road to character in today’s world. Among his many best-selling books are The Social Animal, The Second Mountain, and The Road to Character. He is a...
UPON THIS ROCK Time For Forgiveness In addition to being a time for prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, Lent is a season of reconciliation and healing, a time for forgiveness: to both give it and receive it. Each of us has been hurt relationally or damaged emotionally...
UPON THIS ROCK Desert to Mountaintop Father Don Farnan Mar 2 Each ecclesial year, early days of the Lenten season take us into the desert with Jesus to encounter the darkness of demons that haunt us, and then to the mountaintop to catch a glimpse of a higher, brighter...
TO DUST YOU SHALL RETURN There are several formulas used for receiving ashes to begin the Lenten season. The most common ritual is to be smeared on the forehead with soot while a ministering agent proclaims: “Remember you are dust and unto dust you shall return.” ...
