The Loyola Jesuit Center

โ€œ๐™’๐™š ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™‚๐™ค๐™™, ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™›๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™‚๐™ค๐™™ ๐™›๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ช๐™จโ€ ๐™‡๐™–๐™ง๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™‚๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก๐™ž๐™˜๐™ , ๐™Ž๐™… I am honored to be joining the Board of Trustees at the Loyola Jesuit Center in Morristown, NJ to help develop a new Strategic Plan for this awe inspiring place that has been a special home to so many retreatants like myself …

Mi Buen Camino: The Place Where Everyone Becomes Your Brother and Sister

John Kinsella: โ€œItโ€™s so beautiful here.โ€ Ray Kinsella: โ€œWell for me itโ€™s like a dream come true.โ€ John Kinsella: โ€œCan I ask you something? Is thisheaven?” Ray Kinsella: โ€œItโ€™s Iowa!โ€ John Kinsella: โ€œIowa?โ€ Ray Kinsella: โ€œYeah!โ€ John Kinsella: โ€œI could have sworn it was heaven.โ€ Ray Kinsella: โ€œIs there a heaven?โ€ John Kinsella: โ€œOh yeah! Itโ€™s the place dreams cometrue.โ€ Ray Kinsella: …

The Call of the Camino and a Special Request

โ€œMaybe the journey isnโ€™t so much about becoming anything. Maybe itโ€™s about un-becoming everything that isnโ€™t really you, so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place.โ€ Paulo Coelho, author of The Alchemist and The Pilgrimage The Call of the Camino Today I leave for what I hope will be …

The Clock and the Compass: Putting Your First Things First in a Post-Pandemic Future

โ€œThings that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter leastโ€. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe  The Constant Tug of War Between Our Clock and Our Compass  Managing our daily tasks and activities has always been a challenge even before the global pandemic hit in March 2020. The โ€œbusynessโ€ associated with a calendar …

Lent in the Time of Covid: It’s Not Just What You’ve Given Up or Will Give Up, It’s About Changing Hearts

Even nowโ€, declares the Lord โ€œReturn to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning. Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love.โ€  Joel 2: 12-13  The Three Pillars of Lent — Prayer, Fasting, …