Random Musings by Kraft
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I’ve Been Lucky Since 1998
In 1998, I started using this great and glorious piece of technology known as a cellular telephone. At the time, it was “mom’s phone” that I held on to when I was out and about in order to keep in contact with her. I don’t know if she ever made an unassisted call using that…
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so they did respond
The Legionaries of Christ responded to the communique that was released by the Vatican today. I am not aware of the facts of the case at hand, but the response seems a bit too martyrish for me. I’ll let you judge for yourself. The full statement: In reference to the news regarding the conclusion of…
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vatican has something to say about LC’s founder
In today’s Vatican Information Service bulletin, a communique concerning the founder of the Legionaries of Christ was released. Previously, accusations of crimes against him was filed with the Congregation for the Doctrine and of the Faith in the late 1990s. Fr. Marcial, LC, denied the accusations and expressed his displeasure with them. The case was…
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assembly day one: mission direction statement
After prayer, we opened the Paulist Pre-Assembly with a look at the Paulist Mission Direction Statement (MDS). The MDS, in short, covers four main points of direction for the Paulists: Evangelization Christian Unity Reconciliation Interreligious Relations There was a good conversation about it and a strong desire to find some other way to word it.…
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business school was a bit slow
Just a brief update- right before leaving for New York City, the Business School sent me an e-mail informing that they were completely wrong and that my information was not stolen during the April data theft. My name was on the computer system accessed but my file was not downloaded by the hacker. I’m still…
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traveling to paulist pre-assembly
On Tuesday, I flew from Ausin to New York CIty (LGA). I haven’t flown much and so far, every place I have traveled to included a direct flight. American, my airline of choice, doesn’t fly to LGA direct so I had to connect at DFW. I arrive in DFW after an uneventful, on time flght…