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I have the honor and privilege of serving as a fire chaplain to the men and women of the Dudley Fire Department.  I also have the honor of serving as Deputy Chief Chaplain in the Massachusetts Corps of Fire Chaplains…

This past week the news was all abuzz over comments made by the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers Donald Sterling.  Leaving aside the fact that the conversation was, as far as I can tell, recorded without his knowledge, the…

I do not have a very high threshold for pain; in fact I am a wimp when it comes to pain and sickness.  I don’t know, maybe it is this low threshold or that I am a guy and as…

This coming week Christians around the world will begin the season of Lent.  For most people, this time will pass just like any other time during the year and that is tragic, as we miss a great opportunity to take…

Several years ago I taught a class a local college called Death and Dying.  The class was a multi-disciplinary look at the process of dying from the spiritual to the scientific.  The discussion involved not only the person who has…

I have been very active in social media these last few years.  I look upon my time spent engaging people in this forum as an extension of my ministry and the work that I do in my parish.  I have…

History is filled with very important symbols – not only people like George Washington and John Adams, but things like the flag and the Declaration of Independence.  But what is important – the actual person or document, or the spirit…