Fr. Christian Mathis | September 20, 2011
If you are like me, you enter into a daily struggle to be the best Christian you can be. One way of achieving better results that may not have crossed your mind is Fr. Thomas Hopko’s 21st Maxim for Christian Living: Have a healthy, wholesome hobby. That’s right, having a hobby can be an excellent [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | September 7, 2011
Last night, as I walked up the the aisle towards the confessional, I caught something out of the corner of my eye that made me smile. A young woman was sitting in a pew, phone in hand, preparing for the sacrament with the now famous confession app. Besides on my own phone, it is the [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | June 20, 2011
Has anyone else noticed that in almost every picture of Pope Benedict XVI he is smiling from ear to ear? He has a kind of impish grin that exudes joy above all else. I mentioned in an earlier post that one of the highlights of our recent priest gathering was hearing Msgr. Stephen Rossetti speak [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | June 14, 2011
Last week the priests of the Dioceses of Knoxville and Nashville were blessed to welcome Msgr. Edward Arsenault and Msgr. Stephen Rossetti at our annual convocation at Fall Creek Falls. Both had great wisdom to share with us on the priesthood and how to live as a healthy and happy priest. Msgr. Rossetti began his [...]
Ashley Siferd | January 8, 2010
When I first arrived to NPH El Salvador in the summer of 2008, I had expected many things. I was told that I would be greeted by a sea of smiling faces and be swept away to play. Knowing that I was going to a Spanish-speaking country, I was prepared to understand very little because [...]
Fr. Ron Hicks | January 7, 2010
Father William Wasson founded NPH – Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos in 1954. Currently we are caring for over 3,300 children in 9 countries including: Mexico, Honduras, Haiti, Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, Peru and Bolivia. Whenever anyone visits one of our homes, they usually say that they were expecting to find sad children in living in [...]
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