tribute

  • A tribute to a man of God: Mario Vierneza

    A tribute to a man etched in my memory. I am beginning a new way of engaging with the text. You can hit play at the beginning of the blog and I will read the passage for you. In this way, you can take Enlarge My Heart with you for your walks or as you…

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  • The Wisdom of Teaching: My Journey Through Music Education

    On this final Sunday before Lent, the Spirit surprisingly led me to reflect on my piano teachers.

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  • A friendship that was a laugh a minute

    The picture above is a photo of Deacon Stan captured between Dulce and me on our wedding day. Deacon Stan, you made Saint Joseph Parish a wonderful and fun place to be! Yesterday, we heard official news that you had entered eternal life. Our hearts were struck by mixed emotions. It has been two Good

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  • A priest to be remembered … 10 years later.

    Each morning my Zoom prayer community hears the names of bishops, priests, and deacons who have died on this day. Today, I heard your name … Father Leonard J. Calegari (2014). How is it that ten years have passed? Below was a dedication I wrote 10 years ago. I place it here to remember you!

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  • I remembered

    This weekend, God gave me a moment to remember. Old friends got together as one of our brothers from seminary married his bride. In this moment of happy reunions, I remembered. I relived a time in our lives when we all ascended a mountain in the Pacific Northwest, lived together in community … all out

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