Gas tops $3.83 as early holiday travelers hit road
By John Wilen, AP Business Writer May 22, 2008 NEW YORK –Americans getting an early start on the Memorial Day weekend found that gasoline prices again spr...
Author: Fr. Peter
UN: Global rice prices set to fall but food prices will remain high for years to come; millions more could go hungry
AP / May 22, 2008 Rome—World rice prices that have tripled in Asia over the course of the year may come down but overall food prices will remain high for years ...
IOCC Emergency Appeal: China Earthquake
Chinese state media is reporting that more than 13,000 people were killed in Monday’s earthquake, China’s worst natural disaster in decades. A massive search an...
I’m Back
I am back from my conference and it was wonderful. My fellow chaplains gathered on Monday night to get things set up and then out for a little dinner and social...
Off to a Conference
I am off to a conference so blogging will be non existent until I return on Thursday.
Food Stamps and the Cost of Food
Listening to my local NPR radio station today there was a report that food stamp usage in Massachusetts has risen 9% in the last year. Half a million people in ...
Sunday Round Up
I was up earlier than usual today as there is much to prepare for Liturgy. Well not actually Liturgy but after. Today we have our General Assembly to vote on so...
Edwards rules out possibility of vice presidential run with Obama
This must be a blow to Obama. This would have made things a little easier for him at the convention. Oh well it will be good TV if they fight it out on the floo...
16 May ~ St. Brendan of Clonfert
St. Brendan of Ardfert and Clonfert, known also as Brendan the Voyager, was born in Ciarraighe Luachra, near the present city of Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland, ...
Same Gender Marriage
Yesterday we saw the Supreme Court of California rule or actually overturn a decision of a lower court that denying same gender folks to marry is non-constituti...