Category: stanley rother

  • Book Review: The Shepherd Who Didn’t Run

    Hagiography is a tricky thing. What you say can be nearly eclipsed by what you do not say. I have a friend who was served in a leadership role in a Protestant denomination. After his death, many folks talked about his fierce loyalty: but few mentioned how his fierce loyalty blinded him to the failings…

  • It’s only a little pinch.

    Bl. Stanley Rother, God’s Friend. +J+M+J+ The Readings for Saturday in the 5th week of Easter (C1) Acts 16:1-10 John 15:18-21 I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you. Once, a long, long time ago, it seems to me now, in a religious galaxy far, far away I sat in a class…

  • Stanley & Becoming a (Lay) Dominican (Tertiary)

    +JMJ+I’m too old. Roman Catholic orders want young men. They all seem to max out at guys 15 years younger than me. Some don’t want guys more than 20 years younger than me. This is a sad reality for me. For while my experience in a monastery proved to me I wanted to try in…