I recently watched this biographical drama based on the true-life story of Matt and Nicole Teague and their best friend Dane Faucheux. Nicole is diagnosed with ovarian cancer. The treatments do not work. As Nicole’s cancer worsens, Matt struggles to care for her and their kids. Their long term friend, Dane, offers to move in.Continue reading “Movie Review: “Our Friend””
Category Archives: Vocation
Celibacy: Something to Consider
Over the past few years I have had quite a few conversations with Catholic parents who do not want their children to consider the priesthood or religious life. The primary reason usually has to do with mandatory lifelong celibacy. Their feelings about this topic are in line with secular American culture. Celibacy is seen asContinue reading “Celibacy: Something to Consider”
Robot Priests
One of my Catholic friends in Tokyo once told me that he had an idea about how to solve the priest shortage. Couldn’t we program robots to do much of the work priests do? A robot could say mass and hand out communion, for example. This would reduce the workload for our overworked priests. MyContinue reading “Robot Priests”
Laura Evans Serna 