God’s vision for His created world was perfect! After we were created, God expected us to get along. If anyone needed help, neighbors would be their helpers..............…
Little Deeds
St. Francis de Sales was a gifted spiritual guide. Beginners on the spiritual journey often thought that “bigger was better.” Long vigils, prolonged fasting, harsh disciplines and hair-shirts—these are the kinds of spiritual practices that they thought people who aspired to holiness ought to practice.............…
Leafy falls fell
The Cross and the Christian
Love! Now!
Desire and Duty
Christian Discipleship: Discernment, Decision and Following Jesus
Desire and Duty: Salesian Pillars of the Spiritual Life
Assumption of Mary
Welcome!
Live Jesus!
For two weeks, I attended the 20th General Chapter of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales held in Annecy, France, where St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane de Chantal founded the Order of the Visitation Order of Holy Mary and from which stems their precious legacy to today’s world: Salesian Spirituality......…
12th Superior General of the Congregation
Thirty-five delegates chose the 12th Superior General of the Congregation, Father Barry Strong of the Wilmington-Philadelphia Province. His election is a great honor for our Province. Three General Councilors were also elected. They come from Benin in Western Africa, Europe and India. The new Superior General will choose a fourth Councilor.
Prayer Matters
Live Jesus
Have No Fear
A Note from the Provincial
During the week of June 18, we Oblates of the Wilmington-Philadelphia Province met at De Sales University for the 2018 Convocation/Chapter. On Tuesday of that week I was elected Provincial. I am both honored and humbled. I am deeply grateful to my Oblate brothers for the confidence they have placed in me.........…
Live Jesus 2018 Thank You & Video
Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen
Fans of the hit comedy, M*A*S*H, which aired for 11 seasons and ended in 1983, may recall the title of the final two-hour episode: Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen. I use this expression not to evoke images of concluding a war, as in the television show that chronicled the human side of the Korean Conflict........…