Proper 21 Year C
Br. Christopher Paul Parker SSF
How much is enough? I often asked myself this question when I was thinking of giving up my career as a professor, selling my home, and joining the Society of St. Francis. As a prosperous middle-class American, I had lots of stuff, more than I needed, and [...]
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How much is enough?
Posted in brother christopher on October 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In the midst of life we are in death
Posted in brother christopher on June 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’m grieving for Jim Kelsey, bishop of northern Michigan, who died suddenly this afternoon, Sunday, June 3rd. I’d only known Jim for about two weeks, first during a trip to his diocese to consider mission opportunities, and then at our joint chapter with our sisters, whose protector he was. Jim was warm, kind, generous; the [...]
You’re doing what?!?
Posted in brother christopher on April 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
(The comments below came out of an e-mail exchange with an old friend who’s been corresponding with me since I first thought that I might have a vocation to the religious life. She was shocked to think that I’d give up my tenured professorship for a less certain life as a Franciscan brother and wanted to [...]
