Two Old Books

Last week my friend Tony and I attended Mass at the church of St. Dominic in San Francisco. It looks a little out of place in the middle of ...

I hope my readership was not too disheartened during my hiatus, but after a few weeks off, I am back to blogging. Allow me to catch you up....

I was depleted by a cold for most of last week. The bugger moved into my chest quite uninvited, and forced me to serve it an eviction noti...

You know how sometimes in the movies, the hero and the villain are fighting in an epic battle, and the hero delivers what he thinks is the k...

For Thanksgiving, I was invited to the home of Tom and Kit Greerty, along with several other DSPT students. Tom is an attorney and former co...

Not too many events of note to share with you from this last week. It was pretty standard. (I apologize for again not producing a mid-week p...

Those of you who are attentive to patterns may have noticed that I tend to make two posts per week: one at the weekend describing the previo...

In the balancing act between school and work which I've undertaken, I'm still wobbling a little at times, but I think I'll make ...

This last week I started a part-time job at a deli not too far from the DSPT. Zarri’s Delicatessen in Albany, CA features sandwiches, sliced...

(If you haven't noticed yet, the titles for these "Week in Review" posts are composed by my slapping together two words from u...

I wonder if I give the impression that my life here consists of study, study, study, with occasional eating and sleeping thrown in. While I ...

There were a couple of fun extra-curricular activities this week. What do philosophy and theology students do in their spare time, when they...

This last Thursday I experienced my first Dominican Rite Mass. “What’s a Dominican Rite Mass?” you ask. A little background may be helpful h...

Apart from classes, this week featured two events of note. On Wednesday we had a special Mass of the Holy Spirit for the opening of the sc...

Thursday and Friday of last week featured a workshop at DSPT called "Gifted and Called to Study" on discerning one's charisms....

Orientation began this week. Through a series of meetings and sessions and workshops throughout the week we'll be acquainted with all th...

This last weekend seemed an opportune time to make The Big Move for a number of reasons. It would give me a week before the beginning of ori...