By Michael Patrick O’Brien– Some might question why—in a city Brigham Young founded—there are several streets, a Latter-day Saint ward, and even a whole neighborhood honoring a Catholic saint named…
Posts published in September 2026
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– I just wrote half a million words. It was not a goal, but it feels like an accomplishment. In 2016, after our youngest child graduated from…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– Catholics arrived here 250 years ago in 1776. Back then, there was no Utah, no United States of America, and the land beneath my Salt Lake…
Michael Patrick O’Brien– During a recent visit to San Francisco, my wife and I ate at a century-old restaurant that serves good food but also symbolizes the amazing resilience of…