3 NATION SOUTH AMERICAN PAPAL PILGRIMAGE TO ECUADOR, BOLIVIA, PARAGUAY...............

COMMEMORATING MY MOTHER JOSEPHINE'S 93RD BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY TODAY...............

INDEPENDENCE DAY IN THE USA: 239 YEARS SINCE THE DECLARATION OF OUR FREEDOM AND LIBERTY...............

VANQUISHING DOUBT THROUGH LIVING FAITH...............

MY PATERNAL GRANDFATHER SIDNEY HARRIS POWERS WAS BORN 122 YEARS AGO TODAY...............

THE LITURGICAL COMMEMORATION OF BLESSED JUNIPERO SERRA AND SAINT OLIVER PLUNKETT...............

IN MANY REGARDS DISABLED AND SPECIAL NEEDS PERSONS ARE THE LIVING MARTYRS OF CATHOLIC-CHRISTIANITY...............

IS CALIFORNIA'S NEW VACCINATIONS LAW A TRENDSETTER FOR THE COUNTRY ?...............

ARCHBISHOPS RECEIVE THEIR PALIUMS ON THIS SOLEMNITY OF SAINTS PETER & PAUL...............

SAD BUT TRUE - EVEN IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH DECEPTION AND DISHONESTY EXIST IN DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE DISABLED...............

CONTROVERSY ENSUES OVER FLYING THE CONFEDERATE FLAG IN THE SOUTHERN STATES...............

DECLARED CONSTITUTIONAL: THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT LEGALIZES SAME SEX MARRIAGE AS THE LAW OF THE LAND BY HISTORIC 5-4 DECISION...............

UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (OBAMACARE) IN A 6-3 DECISION...............

BIRTHDAY FEAST OF THE FINAL PROPHET BEFORE THE COMING OF THE CHRIST: JOHN THE BAPTIZER...............

WEEKS 11-15 OF 15 IN SUMMER COHORT 2...............

BACK IN SACRAMENTO AFTER THREE WEEKS PLUS ON THE EAST COAST IN WASHINGTON D.C., BOSTON AND PHILADELPHIA...............

THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER 2015: RETURNING FROM MY SECOND YEAR D.MIN RESIDENCY @ CUA IN WASHINGTON D.C. ...............

ONE DAY TO GO BEFORE TAKING AMTRAK BACK TO D.C. ...............

JOURNEYING IN TANDEM WITH BROTHERLY LOVE...............

SEEING PHILADELPHIA PA. BIRTHPLACE CITY OF THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...............

HEADING TO PHILLY...THE CONSTITUTIONAL CITY OF THE USA...............

BEN FRANKLIN STEPS WALKING TOUR OF BOSTON...............

BOSTON HERE I AM...............

FROM WASH DC TO BEANTOWN...............

WASH DC TOUR DAY 1...............

ENDING DAY OF RESIDENCY '15 @ CUA-TC IN WASH DC D.MIN STUDIES...............

PENUTIMATE DAY OF D.MIN CLASSES FOR RESIDENCY COHORT 2...............

A SECOND MEETING WITY MY AREA DIRECTOR ON PROGRESS WITH MY D.MIN PROJECT PROPOSAL NEARING HIS APPROVAL ONFRIDAY...............

TODAY I GIVE MY THEOLOGY OF PASTORAL LEADERSHIP CASE STUDY AND MEET WITH THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON SPECIAL NEEDS MINISTRY DIRECTOR...............

TWO MORE SEMINARS THIS MONDAY ON RESEARCH PROJECT CLEARANCES NECESSARY FOR THE D.MIN...............

ATTENDING SUNDAY MASS @ CATHOLIC MEGA CHURCH "REBUILT" IN MARYLAND...............

RESTING, READING, RESEARCHING, AS WELL AS DISCUSSING, AT THE END OF WEEK 1 AND AS WE GET READY FOR A RIGOROUS WEEK 2 OF SUMMER COHORT 2015...............

TWO CLASSES TODAY WITH DRS. TIMONEY AND SOBOLEWSKI AND A LUNCHEON DISCUSSION WITH MSGR. MCPARTLAND LEADING INTO A WEEKEND OF READING, WRITING, RESEARCHING, AND "REBUILT" CHURCH...............

CUA-TC RESIDENCY '15 DAY 4 - COHORT 2 GROUP MEETING, SEMINAR ON SAME SEX MARRIAGE, APPOINTMENTS WITH 2 PROFESSORS, READING AND RESEARCH...............

COMING UP WITH A PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR MY TREATISE FOCUS IN CONSULTATION WITH MY CUA AREA DIRECTOR...............

ORIENTATION, INTRODUCTIONS, COHORT MEETINGS, MASS, D. MIN ONLINE SEMINAR OVERVIEW,MEET THE PROFESSORS AND EVENING FILL 8.5 HOURS OF RESIDENCY DAY AT T.C. IN D.C. ...............

DAY 1 OF SUMMER COHORT 2 RESIDENCY SESSION FOR THE D.MIN DEGREE @ CUA IN WASHINGTON D.C. ...............

RESUMING ORDINARY TIME IN THE FAR FROM ORDINARY SURROUNDINGS OF THE NATIONAL SHRINE OF THE BASILICA OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION @ CUA...............

READING WRITING AND RELAXING AS I PREPARE TO MEET MY CLASSMATES AND THE START OF OUR TWO WEEKS TOGETHER IN D.C. ...............

RE-CONNECTING WITH THE ENVIRONS OF THE THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE AND CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY IN NORTHEAST WASHINGTON D.C. ...............

MY REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT ARRIVAL FOR THE CUA RESIDENCY '15 GREETED BY A THUNDERSTORM AND DELAYS...............

GLADLY TRAVELING TO WASHINGTON D.C. TODAY FOR THE SUMMER RESIDENCY D.MIN COHORT 2 @ THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA...............

ORGANIZING AND ADDRESSING CUA D.MIN WEEK 8 WHILE PREPARING TO DEPART FOR WASHINGTON D.C. ON THURSDAY MORNING...............

MIDWAY THROUGH THE CUA D.MIN SECOND YEAR COHORT DOING WEEK 8 STUDIES BEFORE RESIDENCY PORTION IN WASHINGTON DC NEXT WEEK...............

MEMORIAL DAY IN AMERICA 2015 - COMMEMORATING THOSE WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR FREEDOM AND PEACE...............

PENTECOST SUNDAY 2015 : GOD'S SPIRIT SANCTIFIES AND SUSTAINS US IN MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF LIFE AND CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP...............

IRELAND IS THHE FIRST NATION IN THE WORLD TO PUT A REFERENDUM CONSTITUTIONALIZING SAME SEX MARRIAGE BEFORE ITS CITIZENS...POLLS SAID IT WOULD BE APPROVED AND IT IS...............

SHARING THE JOY OF EXPERIENCING +BISHOP TOM DALY's SPOKANE INSTALLATION AS 7TH BISHOP WITH BISHOP FRANCIS QUINN AND MONSIGNOR KAVANAGH...............

HEADING BACK TO SACRAMENTO FOR MEMORIAL DAY / PENTECOST SUNDAY AND COMPLETION OF CUA D.MIN WEEK 8 OF 15...............

DATELINE SPOKANE WASHINGTON : PRESENT HERE FOR TODAY'S INSTALLATION OF THE MOST REVEREND THOMAS ANTHONY DALY AS THE 7TH BISHOP OF SPOKANE...............

FLYING NORTHWEST TO WASHINGTON STATE FOR THE INSTALLATION OF MY SEMINARY CLASSMATE +THOMAS DALY AS THE BISHOP OF SPOKANE...............

MY 58TH ANNIVERSARY OF BAPTISM DAY IS ALSO PRIESTS COUNCIL MEETING DAY AND NOAH GALLOWAY NIGHT IN THE FINALE OF 'DWTS' SEASON 20...............

THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD ON THIS SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER...............

MARY HIGGINS CLARK NOVELIST CALLED "QUEEN OF SUSPENSE" THE COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER AT TODAY'S CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA GRADUATION...............

BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING JURY SENTENCE FOR CONVICTED DZHOCHAR TSARNAEV IS THE DEATH PENALTY...............

A SEXUAL HARASSMENT ALLEGATION MADE BY A CITY EMPLOYEE AGAINST MAYOR KEVIN JOHNSON...............

OUR LONG OVERDUE AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION REPAIRS AND RENOVATIONS TO HIGHWAYS BRIDGES AND MASS TRANSIT SYSTEMS...............

NOAH GALLOWAY DOUBLE AMPUTEE ARMY VETERAN AND "DANCING WITH THE STARS" SEASON 20 FINALIST IS MY NEW HERO...............

3 YEARS 2 MONTHS OF BEING UNFAIRLY, UNJUSTLY, MARGINALIZED AND DISCRIMINATED AGAINST AS A PRIEST AND DISABLED PERSON WHO IS AN AMPUTEE. WHY DOES IT CONTINUE ?...............

AUTHENTIC CATHOLIC-CHRISTIAN PASTORAL LEADERSHIP IS DEFINED BY SELFLESS "FAITH, FELLOWSHIP, COLLEGIALITY, COLLABORATION"...............

THE SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER - JESUS FAREWELL ADDRESS BEFORE HIS ASCENSION TO GOD THE FATHER...............

JEB BUSH DELIVERS COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS ON CHRISTIAN CONSCIENCE AT FALWELL'S LIBERTY UNIVERSITY...............

FREEDOM OF SPEECH YES...HATE SPEECH NO....INCITING VIOLENCE IN WHAT WE SPEAK IS LIKE CRYING FIRE IN A THEATER...............

NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER IN THE UNITED STATES - OUR NEED TO PRAY IS AS GREAT AS EVER...............

WHY CATHOLIC-CHRISTIAN FAITH AND DISABILITY MINISTRY ARE INSEPARABLE...............

PRINCE WILLIAM AND DUCHHESS CATHERINE ANNOUNCE THE LEGACY NAME OF THEIR NEWBORN BRITISH PRINCESS : 'CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH DIANA'...............

 

OUR PASTOR AT SACRED HEART PARISH REVEREND MONSIGNOR ROBERT P. WALTON IS 41 YEARS ORDAINED AS A PRIEST OF JESUS CHRIST TODAY...............

THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER - JESUS THE FRUIT FILLED VINE WE THE VINES OF LIVING FAITH ON THIS MY FIRST MASS ANNIIVERSARY + 28 YEARS...............

28 YEARS AGO TODAY MAY 2, 1987 WAS THE DAY OF MY ORDINATION TO THE PRIESTHOOD OF JESUS CHRIST FOR MY NATIVE DIOCESE OF SACRAMENTO...............

THE FEAST DAY OF ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER - ONE OF THE DAYS ANNUALLY I ESPECIALLY REMEMBER AND PRAY FOR MY MOTHER SINCE 1987...............

IN MY MY THIRTIETH YEAR OF R.C.I.A. MINISTRY SACHEART''s 2015 TEAM OF INITIATES ARE THE MOST RESPONSIVE AND INTERACTIVE GROUP I HAVE MINISTERED WITH YET...............

SCOTUS TAKES UP ORAL ARGUMENTS ON THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF SAME SEX MARRIAGE

INCREASING SUPPORT FOR THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY AS THE DOMESTIC CHURCH...............

+JOHN WESTER NATIVE SAN FRANCISCAN - BISHOP OF SALT LAKE CITY APPOINTED ARCHBISHOP OF SANTA FE NEW MEXICO...............

4TH SUNDAY OF EASTER JESUS THE GOOD SHEPHERD AND THE 52ND ANNUAL CHURCH VOCATIONS SUNDAY...............

100 YEARS AFTER THE START OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE...............

5.5 MONTHS AFTER BEING NOMINATED LORETTA LYNCH IS AT LAST THE ATTORNEY OF THE UNITED STATES CONFIRMED BY A VOTE OF 56-43...............

THE 2015 SACRAMENTO DIOCESAN PRIESTS RETREAT...............

THE RESIGNATION OF KANSAS CITY-ST. JOSEPH BISHOP +ROBERT FINN WHO FAILED TO REPORT SEXUAL ABUSE ACCEPTED BY POPE FRANCIS...............

HELPING HEAR SACHEART PARISH SCHOOL 2ND GRADE FIRST CONFESSIONS...............

THE THEOLOGY OF POPE FRANCIS' PASTORAL LEADERSHIP IN RENEWING THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE WORLD...............

TODAY'S 3RD SUNDAY OF EASTER IS THE 29TH ANNIVERSARY OF MY ORDINATION AS A TRANSITIONAL DEACON...............

CHICAGO ARCHBISHOP EMERITUS + FRANCIS CARDINAL GEORGE DEAD FROM CANCER @ 78...............

MY VERY NARROW WINDOW TO SOCIALIZE OTHER THAN ESCAPE MMT LUNCHES AND DINNERS DURING THE INTENSITY OF MY 2ND YEAR CUA D.MIN STUDIES NEEDING TO SERIOUSLY CONCENTRATE...............

A THANKSGIVING '14 EASTER '15 UPDATE : SACHEART DISABLED BOY PARISHIONER WAS AT EASTER SUNDAY MASS WALKING INDEPENDENTLY WITH HIS STRAIGHTENED LEFT LEG...............

POPE FRANCIS' DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY STATEMENT ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE A CENTURY AGO STIRS A VEHEMENT OUTCRY IN OPPOSITION BY TURKEY...............

MYSTAGOGY: THE RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION's EASTER LAUNCH OF THE NEOPHYTES...............

MORE THAN A DECADE BEFORE THE U.S. BISHOPS PASTORAL STATEMENT ON CATHOLIC DISABILITY MINISTRY VATICAN II's CONSTITUTION ON THE CHURCH - "LUMEN GENTIUM" ADDRESSED INCLUSION OF THE VULNERABLE AND THE MARGINALIZED BY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH...............

THE 2ND SUNDAY OF EASTER - DIVINE MERCY / POPE FRANCIS AND THE BEGINNING OF THE JUBILEE YEAR OF MERCY...............

EASTER SATURDAY - POPE FRANCIS OPENING THE HOLY DOOR TO THE JUBILEE YEAR OF "MERCY"...............

EASTER FRIDAY - THE THIRD OF THREE SUMMER COHORT 2015 D.MIN CUA COURSE : 3.) TRS DM "MISSION AND MINISTRY OF EVANGELIZATION IN THE PARISH" WITH FATHER FRANK DISIANO CSP...............

EASTER THURSDAY - THE SECOND COURSE IN MY SUMMER 2015 CUA D.MIN STUDIES 2.) TRS DM 862 "CONTEXT FOR EVANGELIZATION AND CATECHESIS : DOMESTIC CHURCH" WITH DR. GREGORY SOBOLEWESKI...............

EASTER WEDNESDAY - MY CUA D.MIN 2ND YEAR STUDY COHORT COURSES 1.) TRS DM 862 "THE THEOLOGY OF PASTORAL LEADERSHIP" WITH DR. SUSAN TIMONEY

EASTER TUESDAY - AN INVITATION TO CELEBRATE A PASCHAL MASS @ DIVINE SAVIOR PARISH IN ORANGEVALE...............

EASTER MONDAY - AS WE PROCEED IN THE GLORY OF THESE 50 DAYS IT IS OPENING DAY OF MY SECOND YEAR COHORT OF DOCTOR OF MINISTRY STUDIES WITH THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA...............

EASTER SUNDAY 2015 - ALLELUIA ! ALLELUIA !! CHRIST IS RISEN ! ALLELUIA !!!

HOLY SATURDAY - R.C.I.A. PREPARTORY RITES AS WE AWAIT THE EASTER VIGIL SERVICE AFTER SUNSET...............

GOOD FRIDAY - THE SOLEMN PASSION OF CHRIST THE SACRED VENERATION OF THE CROSS AND PRE-SANCTIFIED HOLY COMMUNION...............

HOLY THURSDAY - ASSENTING TO THE CHRISTIAN MANDATUM OF SERVICE IN THE SACRAMENTS OF EUCHARIST AND HOLY ORDERS...............

WEDNESDAY OF HOLY WEEK - ATONING FOR OUR BETRAYAL OF JESUS BY RENOUNCING OUR SINS...............