By Michael Patrick O’Brien With All Saints Day arriving later this week, I can timely note that it would be unusual for a Catholic to call herself or a colleague…
Posts published in October 2018
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– (Editor note: this article originally was published October 16, 2017 in The Boy Monk.) Life is a repeating pattern of crucifixion and resurrection. A recent visit…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– When it came to middle school playground sports, especially our regular touch football games at recess, I was a puny chihuahua with delusions of bulldog or…
By Gary Topping– I always try to remember October 19. It is the Memorial of the eight Jesuits martyred in Canada at the hands of the Iroquois Indians in the…
By Gary Topping– Through the generosity of architect Mike Stransky, the Diocese of Salt Lake City Archives has received a privately published edition of letters of Maud Fitch, a young…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– The century-old New York Times headline- “Marry in Haste in War”- jolted me out of the daze of a late night online genealogy research session. The…
By Gary Topping– One of the spiritual beacons for Catholics working in downtown Salt Lake City from 1974-96 was St. Paul’s Chapel, with its associated Paraclete Gift Shop located at…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– I often often share fond memories in this blog about my old friends, the Trappist monks who lived at the now-closed Abbey of Our Lady of…
By Jean Welch Hill– (Editor note: The Boy Monk blog just celebrated its one year anniversary! In honor of the occasion, and in light of the ongoing scandal afflicting the…
By Gary Topping– (Editor note: The Boy Monk blog just celebrated its one year anniversary! In honor of the occasion, and in light of the ongoing scandal afflicting the Catholic…