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Dog Days of Summer

I am stepping in today after my mommy told me we are in the middle of the Dog Days of Summer. I don’t really understand what that means, but it seems like I should be involved. I am writing this on Friday. Yesterday, I started getting suspicious. All of my people, even the tall spare...

Sweet Pickles and Sweet Memories

I know we all have certain sounds, certain foods, certain smells that take us back in time. As I was walking into the Pastoral Center from lunch one hot, steamy day last week, the buzz of the cicadas took me to another place. Specifically, the farm in Nottoway County, and any summer day of my...

Yankee Doodle Doggie

Happy 4th of July! My mommy promises me that the fireworks on my bandana are the only ones I will experience today. That’s good, because I am still a little traumatized by all those thunderstorms last week. I hope you and your family have a great holiday weekend! God Bless, Moose Keightley Director of Canine...

Hot, Happy Helpers at Work Camp

As I previewed last week, I have spent the past few days visiting people and parishes west of Richmond, specifically Abingdon, Blacksburg, Bristol, Radford, and Roanoke. While I often plan a trip down 64 West and 81 South in the summer, this time it happened to coincide with our Diocesan Work Camp. Each summer, the...

Safe Summer Travels

If my inbox is any indication, many of you and/or your loved ones are traveling, and you appreciated the St. Christopher prayer I sent last week. Sam and I picked a memorable US Open to attend, where there was rain, mud, and bogeys galore! A nice fellow spectator took this picture of us: On Monday,...

A Prayer to St. Christopher

As summer hits its stride, I know that, like me, many of you are embarking upon vacations. I will be a road warrior this weekend, with the ultimate destination of the Jersey Shore. First, though, my son and I are taking a major detour to attend the US Open Golf Tournament outside of Pittsburgh. While...

Remembering D-Day

Yesterday we remembered the 81st anniversary of D-Day, when American troops stormed Normandy Beach in France and turned the tide of World War II. As I have written several times before, my father was a WWII veteran, as were his four brothers, including my Uncle Willie Irby, who won a Silver Star for his gallantry...

Ordination Preview

I have written often about the diversity found within the expansive Diocese of Richmond – geographic, ethnic, socio-economic, just to name three ways our population varies. As Catholics, our faith unites us, though, and pulls us together regardless of our differences. As I travel around, our common faith is exemplified in a near universal love...

Happy Memorial Day from Moose

My mommy said it was my turn to write to you this week because I have made her exhausted. Wednesday night she and I stayed up all night because I had a tummy ache. I do appreciate her taking me out in the rain 8 times between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m., so that last...

Prayer for the Community of St. James in Hopewell

Many of you may have already heard the sad news that St. James Catholic Church in Hopewell suffered a devastating fire late Wednesday night. Although the damage is extensive, fortunately no one was injured. The fire was determined to be accidental in nature. For those of you not from Central Virginia, Hopewell is a small...

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