A PROPHETIC BOOK
On my 46th birthday in 1990, now Deacon Robert and Bonnie Dever gave me this book by Dr. Seuss to celebrate their journey from Baptist minister and wife to Catholic Church members during my time as their pastor at the Cathedral of the Assumption. It was a celebration of how far they had come, but also a prediction about both of our futures. Robert became an ordained Catholic Deacon and I left the Cathedral to become the founder of the Institute for Priests and Presbyterates at Saint Meinrad Seminary. During the past several years, I have been a motivational speaker in well over 100 dioceses in 9 countries. Today, I am retired but building a program in the Caribbean for retired priests, bishops and lay professionals.
Here are just a few pictures of some of the places I've been.
On my 46th birthday in 1990, now Deacon Robert and Bonnie Dever gave me this book by Dr. Seuss to celebrate their journey from Baptist minister and wife to Catholic Church members during my time as their pastor at the Cathedral of the Assumption. It was a celebration of how far they had come, but also a prediction about both of our futures. Robert became an ordained Catholic Deacon and I left the Cathedral to become the founder of the Institute for Priests and Presbyterates at Saint Meinrad Seminary. During the past several years, I have been a motivational speaker in well over 100 dioceses in 9 countries. Today, I am retired but building a program in the Caribbean for retired priests, bishops and lay professionals.
Here are just a few pictures of some of the places I've been.
Cardiff, Wales
Vancouver, British Columbia
St. Lucia
Diocese of Scranton. Pennsylvania
St. Vincent., SVG
Saulte St. Marie, one of fourteen diocesan priest retreats in Canada
Newfoundland, Canada
Bequia, SVG
St. Vincent, SVG
St. Benedict Abbey, Atchison, Kansas
Port of Spain, Trinidad. Here I spoke to 21 Caribbean bishops at their annual Antilles Bishops Conference meetings and made a presentations at the local seminary.
Portland, Oregon
One of the California Missions in Diocese of Monterrey. Besides Monterrey, I have presented priest retreats in San Francisco, San Diego, San Bernardino, Fresno, Sacramento and San Jose.
Castries, St. Lucia
Outside Billings, Montana
Outside Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
New airport in St. Vincent, SVG
Bridgetown, Barbados
Outside Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Outside Memphis, Tennessee
Parish Mission, Naples, Florida
Billings, Montana
Outside Scranton, Pennsylvania
Outside, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
Barbados
My own backyard.
South of Monterrey, California
St. Lucia
Beaumont Priest Retreat in Galveston Texas.
St. Vincent, SVG
Outside of New Ulm, Minnesota
St. Vincent, SVG
Cardiff, Wales. Besides Wales, I have presented in England and Ireland.
Carmelite Community Retreat, Dallas, TExas
Landing in Chicago hundreds of times.
St. Augustine Church, Lebanon, Kentucky, one of over 75 Parish Missions I have preached.
Christ the King Monastery outside Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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