The Darkness of Silence
Note: this piece was first published in Restoration, Madonna House's monthly newspaper. They just made it free & I encourage everyone to subscribe, as many of the other reflections are great too. I usually read it cover-to-cover. Silence belongs to […]
Vaccine Mandates Serve the Common Good (Academic Article)
Vaccines have been one of the most controversial public issues in Catholic bioethics in the past few years. It has been established that in most cases, there is an individual moral obligation to get recommended vaccines. However, this leaves open […]
Aleteia Writes About Sensory-Friendly Masses
It is good that the idea of sensory-friendly Masses is slowly expanding in Catholic circles. It is wonderful to see Aleteia posting a story about them, including my directory, this week. Here's an excerpt from the post: Chalice and Ciborium […]
Indispensable: Guide for Disability Ministry
I wrote one chapter of Indispensable: A Catholic Guide to Welcoming Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. It came out in September, but I only managed to finish reading the rest more recently. I want to provide a summary of […]
Peter Hotez Writes about Making Vaccines Availible for Poor Countries in a Catholic Publication
A bit ago, Dr. Peter Hotez published "Vaccine Science Diplomacy and 'The Phenomenon of Man'" in the Linacre Quarterly. Much of it is looking at Teilhard de Chardin's theories and their application, but that was not what I thought needed […]
Christ is Far More than a King, Even in Our Anti-Monarchy Age
This reflection about Jesus as a king came to me on my spiritual exercises over the summer. However, I thought it fit best for Christ the King coming this weekend. We still do a meditation on "the call of Christ […]
God Loves the Autistic Mind Now in Audiobook
Ever since I published God Loves the Autistic Mind: Prayer Guide for Those on the Spectrum and Those Who Love Us, people have asked me for an audiobook. I am happy to announce that this just this month, it was […]
Charity Towards Autistics
Note: This appeared in the November print edition of Restoration, a publication of Madonna House. I had given a talk to the community on autism in consecrated life in August, and they asked me for something like this. You can […]
An “Indispensable” Book
This week, Word on Fire is publishing a new book on welcoming those with intellectual & developmental disabilities in the Church. It's titled Indispensable. Mark Bradford edited it with a different author for each chapter. I wrote the chapter on […]
Ron Sandison’s Book Mixes Autism & Religion Well
Ron Sandison, Adulting on the Spectrum: An Insider’s Guide for Navigating Life With Autism (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel, 2025). 301 pp. Paperback, $21.99, ISBN: 978-0825449338. As Ron Sandison uses the same structure for the various chapters, this review will cover […]