Let me apologize in advance for the excessive quantity of photographs of the Gateway Arch that you are about to see and have already seen. It's just such a freakishly weird thing to look at that I can't seem to resist taking snapshots of it. And every… more »

MySpace gets a lot of bad press for its use by online predators. Usually, I side with the online service in these cases. As I understand these technologies (and I consider myself knowledgeable in this area), they can be used for good or bad and the… more »

A week ago, my class of seminarians were sent on a retreat at the Saint Louis Jesuit Retreat House, The White House. The idea is that, being pre-theology students who just a few months ago were living and working in the secular world, we require a… more »

I'm not accustomed to living in a larger city. Saint Louis is a beautiful city full of (in my experience) very friendly people. But this semester the news and crime statistics are somewhat frightening. Last Friday three people were robbed at… more »

I hoped to post pictures back on the 12th of September. But my schedule didn't really allow time for dealing with the camera. So today I took a few pictures of Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, where I am currently living, for your enjoyment. This is… more »