By Michael Patrick O’Brien– Usually I write about the monks I know/knew, including those who retired to Salt Lake City after Huntsville’s Abbey of Our Lady of the Holy Trinity…
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Michael Patrick O’Brien– Venice is not known for its tango, but that now may change after my visit there a few years ago. The tango originated not in Italy, but…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– I did not realize it at the time, but almost a half century ago, I got an early glimpse of the future of the Catholic Church.…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– A profound surprise from six decades of life is my unusual affection for Quonset huts. This strange architectural ardor is not derived from the prefab semi-circular…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– The eight billion of us who cling to this giant spinning orb called earth like round numbers that match our round world. We set lunch appointments…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– (Editor’s note: The Boy Monk dedicates its April 2021 blogspace to Utah’s Catholic sisters and nuns.) As a young boy visiting the old Trappist monastery in…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– (Editor’s note: The Boy Monk dedicates its April 2021 blogspace to Utah’s Catholic sisters and nuns.) I am amazed continually about the wonderful stories of Irish-American…
By Gary Topping– (Editor’s note: The Boy Monk dedicates its April 2021 blogspace to Utah’s Catholic sisters and nuns.) The Sisters of the Holy Cross came to Utah in 1875,…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– (Editor’s note: The Boy Monk dedicates its April 2021 blogspace to Utah’s Catholic sisters and nuns.) Utah’s Catholic religious sisters and nuns did so many extraordinary…
By Gary Topping– (Editor’s note: The Boy Monk dedicates its April 2021 blogspace to Utah’s Catholic sisters and nuns.) The Roman Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City has been remarkably…