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2/1/10 - Added a page to the Social Justice section entitled "Seeking a Just Immigration Law" exploring the issues of immigration. The menu bar was also modified.

1/30/10 - Introduced our new blog!

1/18/10 - Added a new Q & A submisson form found under the "About Us" tab on the left.

12/28/09 - Changed Menu Bar style and background color
12/03/09 - Added a page to the Social Justice section entitled "Social Sin and Structures of Sin, What Are We To Do?" discussing sin and policiies that fail to recognize the needs of the people. The menu bar was also modified.
11/09/09 - Added a page to the Social Justice section entitled "In Search of a Decent Home" discussing what Catholic Teaching has to say about housing problems.
10/14/09 - Added a page to the Social Justice section entitled "Rights and Responsibilities" discussing what Catholic Teaching has to say about rights.
10/12/09 - Added an updated reflection on "What Being A Priest Means to Me 2009."
10/3/09 - Changed the links to Pope Benedict XVI's encyclical Caritas Et Veritate: Charity in Truth to link to the English translation on the Vatican web site.
10/1/09 - Added a page to the Social Justice section entitled "Water: A Precious Gift." on what Catholic Teaching has to say about how we use our water supply.
9/27/09 - The web site has been redesigned with a new look.
7/17/09 - Added a page to the Disciple section entitled "Evangelization: A Call For All" on how we are all called to share in the work of evangelization.
7/11/09 - Added a link to Pope Benedict's new encyclical, Caritas Et Veritate: Charity in Truth, on the page listing Catholic Social Documents.
6/21/09 - Added a page to the Ethics Section on the topic on the question of conscience. What does it mean to say we have a conscience and how do we use it?
3/30/09 - Added a page to the Ethics Section on the topic of Ethics & Medical Research.
3/2/09 - The page on Marriage has been split into two pages. The first concerns the theology, spirituality, and sacramentality of marriage. Significant information has been added to this section. The second focuses on marriage preparation (known as Pre-Cana). A page was added on "The Rite of Marriage: Planning Your Ceremony"
~~2/27/09 - An additional section has been added to the Marriage page on marriage preparation (known as Pre-Cana)~~
2/24/09 - Significant changes have been made to the page on the years I spent in the seminary including more information about the formation aspects of seminary. Minor changes have been made several other pages.
2/12/09 - Added a new reflection entitled "Improving Too Fast to Improve" to the Reflections section
2/9/09 - Major revisions and additions were made to the Life as a Priest page
2/8/09 - Added a new page on health care in the Social Justice section. The Respect For Life page was updated in one paragraph with a corresponding change. The new page includes links to a presentation I did at Catholic Charities on health care and a Sunday homily on health care. Here are the links for those texts.
- Catholic Charities Presentation & bibliography
- Homily on Health Care
2/2/09 - Added a paragraph on the seven books of the Bible considered as Apocrypha by Protestants to the Bible section. There are some other minor grammatical corrections and clarifications
2/1/09 - Added the What's New button at the top left to help you find the latest changes to the web site.
2/1/09 - The article on our page on Catholic Teaching and the Environment was updated. Among these changes was a new link to The Catholic Coalition on Climate Change. The new link was also added to our list of links for Social Justice.
1/29/09 - The entire web site was redesigned and restructured to make the information easier to find and easier to add new information. With the restructuring several new introductory pages to each section have been created. Next, we will begin the process of updating all the current pages and adding new material and reflections.

This page last updated on February 1, 2010