I promised last week while on retreat with Father Groeschel that I would tell the story of his visit with Walker Percy. As many people know, the Catholic novelist lived in the small town of Covington, Louisiana where he entertained many visitors on his porch. (I remember a friend at Mercer University who used to … Read more
Father Groeschel and the Gift of Wisdom
I promised last week while on retreat with Father Groeschel that I would tell the story of his visit with Walker Percy. As many people know, the Catholic novelist lived in the small town of Covington, Louisiana where he entertained many visitors on his porch. (I remember a friend at Mercer University who used to … Read more
I’m in the midst of a retreat with Father Groeschel at the Trinity Retreat Center in Larchmont, New York. The rose garden in the back is spectacular, as is the entire setting of the water-front estate given to Fr. Groeschel to run as a retreat for priests by Cardinal Cooke in 1974. “And all I … Read more
Stumbling Over My Beads With Fr. Groeschel
I’m in the midst of a retreat with Father Groeschel at the Trinity Retreat Center in Larchmont, New York. The rose garden in the back is spectacular, as is the entire setting of the water-front estate given to Fr. Groeschel to run as a retreat for priests by Cardinal Cooke in 1974. “And all I … Read more
Father Groeschel Reflects on the Health-Care Vote
Yesterday afternoon, I spoke with Rev. Benedict Groeschel, C.F.R., on the phone from his Trinity Retreat Center in Larchmont, New York. Father Groeschel is recovering from a nasty cold, and we were speaking about other matters, but I couldn’t resist keeping him on the phone long enough to hear his thoughts on the health-care vote. … Read more