Met with Barbara Fleury, the Youth Ministry Director at Holy Faith Church in Gainseville, Florida. She has her kids working at the local Soup Kitchen, visiting a nearby Catholic Worker house… all to expose them to those in need. She … Continue reading →
Driving through southern Alabama early this evening on Route 10, I saw a black & white billboard I particularly liked. It read: “That love your neighbor thing? I meant that.” –God
Continue reading →While in Orange, Texas we also met with Dru Chauffe, who was the “Moderator” (Director) for a 12 state region for the Dominican Laity. The group’s “charism” is to preach in every way possible. Dru said some Dominican laity go … Continue reading →
Met with Fr. Tom Phelan in Orange, Texas who told us about COPS (Citizens Organized for Public Service) in San Antonio, Texas. Fr. Phelan explained elderly citizens in a deteriorating part of San Antonio united to get better sewers, lighting, … Continue reading →
Went to Orange, Texas where we met with Paul and Ruby Mayeux, wonderful couple who are tremendously on fire for God. Several years ago, Paul started the Apostolate Against Pornography (and other public obscenities). He talks in area churches exhorting … Continue reading →
In Lumberton, TX, we heard a talk by Michael Mariquin, a representative for Project Angels of Hope. In rural Bolivia, he works among the poorest people in South America (highest death rate for children in the first five years of … Continue reading →
We drove further south to Lufkin, Texas where Diboll High School football coach Jimmy Davis attends a Bible study every Thursday morning at Starbuck’s Coffee Shop here. He told me, because of his Christianity, he will never “cuss out or … Continue reading →
We traveled south to Nacogdoches, Texas (the oldest city in Texas). There I met with Sacred Heart Catholic Church youth minister Stephen Watson who told me he was preparing for a “30-hour famine” with the youth at the church. They … Continue reading →
We headed west into Longview, Texas where I interviewed Lori Dohanich, who is a religion teacher at St. Mary’s school here. She told me she teaches a unit to 8th graders about social justice issues, focusing specifically on the era … Continue reading →
We stopped in Marshall, Texas today where I met with Shane Johnson who has established a couple half way houses here for those in drug and alcohol recovery. Called: The Way, it’s a Christian based program that provides in-house meetings … Continue reading →