By Michael Patrick O’Brien– A few years ago, my wife Vicki and I decided to visit all the historic Spanish missions in California. Our already interesting pilgrimage grew more intriguing…
Posts published in August 2026
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– Trappist monk Fr. Benedict Chao, the oldest Trappist monk in the world, has died in Hong Kong at age 108. His life/spiritual journey is remarkable and…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– It’s taken almost my entire lifetime to learn how to embrace the simple gift of being broken. It seems counter intuitive, doesn’t it? Our natural inclination…
There might be some rather interesting Utah names today if Franciscans Dominguez and Escalante had been settlers instead of explorers 250 years ago
0 By Michael Patrick O’Brien– Catholic and Spanish history in Utah runs deeper than most people suspect. In the Summer of 1776, as a new nation was born on the American…