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I think I may have misspoke during our podcast saying that I had attended four of the Baptism of the Spirit seminars. What I really attended was the Life In the Spirit seminars. Every year when I go to Franciscan …

Pictured above: Dee Fox and good friends Betty and (Deacon) Don Schaefer. This picture was taken in their newly remodeled kitchen in Denver in November of 2009.

Well dear friends… — sometimes we hear those sort of words from the …

St. Francis of Assisi used to go before the Lord in the tabernacle. Francis would communicate all his labors and undertakings to Jesus. We have so many people that when they think of Francis think of animals and gentle love. …

Dignity – Thoughts and Resources
A short story: Some time ago, when walking our dog Holly along a Colorado road that didn’t have a sidewalk, a car came and made a rather hasty and speedy Uturn right in front of …

Margo B. Smith: songwriter, singer, musician; but most important, a woman of God. Margo spends time each day in ‘Conversation’ with the Lord. And Margo also loves quiet time in adoration at either of two neighboring parishes that have adoration …

Can we arrive in Heaven by practicing just the Basics? I guess it depends on what we mean and what we do as the basics. Our Catholic Vitamins “B” show is meant to stimulate us to think about whether we …

How many of us know of — have traveled on U. S. Route 66 in the old days? Winslow, Arizona was a railroad town complete with cafes and the requisite number of motels and curio shops. Like many Highway 66 …

Do you love the faith? I mean good pastor, bad pastor, boring homilies, great homilies, soaring music, boring music — do you love the faith? May it please God that your answer is YES with capital letters. I know — …

I have a few things to say…. and much more to learn about yielding. I’ll save confessing my failures and sins till another time and place. But about yielding — it is a tough for us to acquiesce to. Let …

Minutes ago you were riding down a freeway 9 miles south of Tucson. All of a sudden, off to the right you see two white towers and you recognize you’re approaching a beautiful and historic Catholic mission church. It’s known …