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Staying in the Moment

In his opening remarks at a meeting last week, Bishop Knestout reflected on what a whirlwind it is to come back from vacation and encounter all that September holds in store. Committees, boards, commissions – all sorts of groups – that haven’t met since the spring all urgently call for our attention this month, and...

9/20/2024: B & B Back in Business

9/20/2024: B & B Back in Business If there were a world record for hosting the most girl sleepovers in history, the Keightleys would hold it.  Beginning in elementary school and carrying on into the early years of high school, my daughter and her friends had sleepovers every weekend. Every. Single. One. More often than...

9/18/2024: We Will Never Forget

Greetings from New Orleans! I arrived in the Crescent City on Thursday for the International Catholic Stewardship Council’s 62nd Annual Conference. This is the third and final year of my term as Board Chair of the organization. While it has been an enriching experience, I am looking forward to next year when I can just...

9/6/2024: Time for Work (for Cristo Rey Richmond)

  9/6/2024: Time for Work (for Cristo Rey Richmond) I must begin this week’s email with a report on Moose. Many of you have asked for an update, either by email or when I have seen you in person, and Moose and I are very grateful! After I increased his medicine late last week, he...

8/24/2024 Email

We made it. Three days, 32 driving hours, and 2205 miles later, my daughter and I are now having a brief respite at the Jersey Shore before finally driving all the way home on Sunday. We left Jackson Hole in the dark on Tuesday, and as the sun was rising, we saw two rainbows. Good...

8/17/2024 Email

At the risk of forgetting what my own bed feels like, I am having one last hurrah before summer ends. The entirety of my vacation was supposed to be at the Jersey Shore, but then my daughter, Catherine, threw us a curve ball. The two friends who had driven with her cross country had dierent...

8/11/2024 Email

Asking for forgiveness rather than permission, I am a day late with my email this week. I spent last week covering ground in the western part of the state, starting on Monday, and by Friday afternoon, both my minivan and I were operating on fumes. So, after a good night’s sleep…   My trip down...

7/27/2024 Email

You are all probably aware that this week the long awaited National Eucharistic Conference is being held in Indianapolis, with 50,000 lay people, 1500 clergy, and 200 bishops and cardinals in attendance. Our own Bishop Knestout is there along with a strong delegation from our diocese. If you, like me, are not there, you can...

7/13/2024 Email

  Good morning, My mommy said she could use a break today, so she asked if I would write to you. I am a little man of few words (but plenty of barks,) so I will keep this brief. Since assuming my new role, I have enjoyed reviewing messages from you and your pets. Even...

7/06/2024 Email

I hope everyone is enjoying a 4th of July weekend however you wish to celebrate – festively, quietly, or with your toes in the sand! As for me, my nose will be in a book…a thick one called The Covenant of Water. I hope to finish it this weekend, but it is so enthralling that...

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