We’ve spent the last week in the San Joaquin Valley in California campaigning and looking at farm worker issues… In Keene, California, we stopped at the National Ceaser Chavez Center. I met with Douglas Blaylock who administers the Robrt F. … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2006
Snowbound in sunny southern California… We had planned on leaving Tehachapi (some 4,00 ft. above sea level) before the weekend. But a series of events unfolded to keep us here… After giving a talk at St. Malachy’s Church, Pat Rogers … Continue reading
Recap of the last couple days in the Tehachapi Mountains of California… I gave a talk at St. Malachy Church here and said there is the story of a woman in the Third World who drowned two of her children … Continue reading
I was interviewed by Christopher Zehnder, who is the editor of Faith and Mission newspapers. Faith is the Bay area lay Catholic newspaper and Mission is a lay Catholic newspaper in the Los Angeles area. (Zehnder works out of a … Continue reading
We’re in Tehachapi, California, some 4,000 ft above sea level in the Tehachapi Mountains. Today while out jogging on Hwy 202, I was stopped by the scene of a white cross and some flowers by the side of the road. … Continue reading
I gave four talks at churches in Rosamond and Mojave, California, over the weekend. At St. Mary’s of the Desert I talked about Pro-Life issues. Afterward, a nurse came up and said that besides abortion, another thing many people will … Continue reading
As we move into Lent, I heard a homily by Fr. Jim Kudilil at St. Francis Church in Mojave, California, that was right on the mark (in my opinion) when it comes to the true nature of “fasting.” Fr. Jim … Continue reading
Last night I gave a Pro-Life talk at St. Mary’s of the Desert Church in Rosamond, California. Afterward, parishioner Mike Adams approached me. He was wearing a big button that read: “Pro-Woman, Pro-Family, Pro-Life.” He said he wondered about the … Continue reading
An Associated Press article last week reported on a missile that blasted more than 100 miles into the atmosphere from Alaska’s Kodiak Island in the first of several tests planned this year for the National Missile Defense System. It is … Continue reading
I gave a talk to a prayer group at St. Mary’s Church in Palmdale, California, last night. I noted that our culture continues to grow darker and that the country’s children are tragic losers in it all. That is, a … Continue reading