Fr. Christian Mathis | September 18, 2009
Now that we are home, I thought I would share some pictures from the beautiful grounds of St. Meinrad Archabbey. This is the entrance to main church, Inside the main church, and an icon of St. John Chrysostom from the Byzantine chapel. Fr. William and I had a great week and learned quite of bit [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | September 14, 2009
Fr. William Oruko and I arrived this afternoon at the new pastor’s workshop at Saint Meinrad Archabbey in Indiana. I was pleasantly surprised to find out my next door neighbor is Fr. Sebastian Allgair, OSB. Fr. Sebastian is from Conception Abbey in Missouri where I spent my first two years as a seminarian. There is [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | September 13, 2009
There are still too many thoughts running through my head from our recent NPH tour to begin writing. In the interim, here is a video taken as we arrived at the NPH house in Nicaragua. This has to be the most exciting welcome I have ever received. Upon seeing their sign John made the comment, [...]
Ashley Siferd | September 10, 2009
If you didn’t already notice, I’m a quote kind of girl. A sentence or two evokes a lot of thought, and that is probably why I enjoy them so much. The saints were very wise people, so naturally whatever comes out of their mouths is going to be sweet in my opinion. Sometimes I come [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | September 8, 2009
Imagine your life without fear. This is the challenge given by Max Lucado in his most recent book, Fearless. One need not look very far in our current society to find those who are selling fear. It seems that every form of media daily uses our own worries against us. Max Lucado gives a simple [...]
Ashley Siferd | September 7, 2009
I am not going to lie. When I saw Fr. Christian’s NPH update post, I turned a little green. Okay, it was more like a few shades of green. Jealousy isn’t a nice thing, and I don’t like admitting that I am jealous of him, Fr. David, and John. If you have ever been to [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | September 6, 2009
This blog is just full of surprises these days! Having arrived at the NPH house in El Salvador, Fr. Ron has offered us the use of his computer so that we could share some photos and thoughts from the trip so far. As you can see, Flat Thomas (aka Tomas Plano) decided to accompany us on this trip and [...]
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