Christmas Eve 2012

It is Christmas Eve day and the only thing of any consequence on my schedule is the traditional lunch with my wife, perhaps a movie, and then the early evening Choral Eucharist.  No shopping, no last minute rushing around.  And best of all, no work. It wasn’t always...

Wasted Opportunity

Meetings in Catholic health systems and hospitals almost always begin with a prayer or meditation that reinforces the organization’s religious heritage, its mission, vision and values. No such tradition exists in the vast majority of other hospitals in America. ...