The Jesuit Georgetown University, the oldest Catholic University in the United States, has invited HHS Secretary Sebelius to speak during commencement this year. Patrick Reilly, president of the Cardinal Newman Society, stated in a letter to Georgetown’s president John DeGioia that it is “scandalous and outrageous” that Georgetown would invite her. Sebelius is a Catholic who supports abortion and has played a central role in the controversial mandate from the Health and Human Services Department which infringes on the Church’s... Read more

Durante el mes de mayo, mes tradicionalmente dedicado a la Virgen María, tuvimos tres coronaciones de Nuestra Madre en mi parroquia, Sacred Heart en Warner Robins.  La primera fue un domingo inmediatamente después de la Misa de las nueve de la mañana, la otra fue con los estudiantes de la escuela quienes rezaron un rosario en nuestro jardín mariano y la tercera durante la Misa en español. Normalmente son reyes y reinas quienes usan coronas, así que al coronar una... Read more

I came across this video a few weeks ago and thought it was the cutest thing.  You will certainly appreciate it more if you are Catholic. In the youtube comments of the video, some argue it’s disrespectful, but I think it serves as a reminder that little kids are watching and listening to everything that goes on around them, including Mass.  Notice how closely the boy imitates the priest, even looking serious and prayer after reviving communion and closing the Missal! Read more

During May, the month traditionally dedicated to the Virgin Mary, we had two Coronations of the Blessed Mother at my parish, Sacred Heart in Warner Robins.  One was after the 9am Sunday Mass, the other during a school morning where all the children prayed a Rosary in our Marian Garden.  Crowns are usually worn by kings and queens, so by crowning a statue of the Blessed Mother we are recognizing and proclaiming her as Queen.  Mary is often honored as... Read more

Angels appeared as I heard confessions this evening.  I saw them bright and clear through the window in the confessional.  They were flying over the parish, making their presence known. They were the Blue Angels and they were amazing.  The Blue Angels is the US Navy’s airplane aerobatic team. Thursday afternoon I watched them practice while leading a retreat for the 8th graders at a nearby park.  I had to hush several times when they flew right over us due... Read more

Angels appeared as I heard confessions this evening.  I saw them bright and clear through the window in the confessional.  They were flying over the parish, making their presence known. They were the Blue Angels and they were amazing.  The Blue Angels is the US Navy’s airplane aerobatic team. Thursday afternoon I watched them practice while leading a retreat for the 8th graders at a nearby park.  I had to hush several times when they flew right over us due... Read more

On a day like today twenty-one years ago I arrived to the United States with my family.  I wrote the essay below in 2001 for a creative writing class in college where I describe my experience returning to my house in Peru in 2000 after my father had repurchased it. Built in 1970 when my parents married, my parents sold the house in 1993 and bought it back in 2000.  From 2000 to 2010 we owned the house once again... Read more

I remember a hot summer evening eight years ago when suddenly a thunderstorm blew over Augusta.  The lights went out.  After the storm passed and since I could not find a flashlight or candle, I walked from the rectory to the Perpetual Adoration Chapel.  The only light in the chapel came from the two candles burning brightly on either side of the altar.  The light reflected off the monstrance onto the several faithful praying.  As I knelt glad to have... Read more

Recuerdo un verano caluroso en Augusta hace ocho años cuando de repente una tormenta pasó por la ciudad.  Se fue la electricidad.  Después de pasar la tormenta, ya que no podía encontrar una linterna o velas, caminé de la rectoría a la Capilla de Adoración Perpetua del Santísimo Sacramento.  La luz de la capilla procedía solamente de dos pequeñas velas junto al altar.  Su luz reflejaba en la custodia hacia los creyentes unidos en oración.  Al arrodillarme, contento de haber... Read more

  Last Tuesday I celebrated Easter Mass at a nearby state prison.  Usually about eight to ten men attend Mass when we go, but this week more than thirty came, and only three or four of them were Catholic. Why did so many come last week?  Did they come just to get a free rosary to hang around their necks?  Or did they come wanting to join in our Easter celebration?  Sometimes during hot summer days men come to Mass... Read more