The Penske File In a particular Seinfeld episode, George has a job interview with a company president who is leaving town. George shows up the next workday, but no one there knows that he was hired. Nevertheless, he is given the Penske file. Having no idea what do...
UPON THIS ROCK Descent of the Holy Spirit The third glorious mystery is the promise of Christ, the gift of love, the outpouring of God’s Spirit upon the earth. Sixty years ago, participants of the Second Vatican Council prayed to the Holy Spirit for a new...
UPON THIS ROCK Growth with Change Cardinal John Henry Newman once said, “In a higher realm it may be otherwise but here below to live is to change; and to be perfect is to change often.” From the moment we burst into this existence we scream out with divine spiritual...
UPON THIS ROCK Neighborhood Justice I met George O’Laughlin in the early 1990s when I was assigned to my first pastorate; it was in the inner city. He was the first person I knew who was a member of two Catholic parishes at the same time: one in the suburban...
Mostly Catholic In an interview with Mr. Alvin Brooks, namesake of the Alvin Brooks Center for Faith-Justice at Rockhurst University, I praised him for his leadership role and servanthood within the Catholic Church. He clarified that he is “mostly Catholic.” Over...
Magis On the Rockhurst University campus, there is a building which everyone refers to as The MAC (Magis Activity Center). Most of its space is dedicated to equipment for training, shaping, and strengthening bodies’ physical well-being. “Magis” is an unusual word. ...
