Defenders of the Catholic Faith

Since we are in Rome (just Janet and I for our 50th anniversary), I thought I would share one of the talks I give while we are in Rome with our groups is about the Apostolic Fathers and Suffering for the Faith. It is dear to my heart since we just traveled all over following the footpri...

The smartest thing I ever did was marry Janet Sklenar 50 years ago on December 4,1976.

Even though our anniversary is actually December 4, we had a free week now, so we came to Rome to celebrate after we led our St. Paul Mediterranean cruise.

Today, a young priest here in Rome named Fr. Reed Robinson, celebrated a private votive Mass for us, for ...

The Old Testament Canon and the “Council of Jamnia”

Many popular myths are believed simply because people want to believe them—not because they are true. Wishful thinking is a poor substitute for truth. It is always preferable for one to dig deep and discover the facts and not just believe things because one wants them to be true.

In order to reject the C...

A sad evening and morning know our pilgrimage has come to an end, but also joyful in all that we have done and shared together.

We arrived back at the Novotel Athens Hotel from Corinth, and Fr. James blessed all of the religious items, and then we had a lovely Greek dinner and Okan led a toast with the wine glasses raised for a wonderful trip and traveling wit...

Two videos below: 1) Our day in Corinth; 2) My talk on “The Erastus Sone of Corinth

4:00 AM Cruise arrived in Athens (Piraeus)
06:30 AM Breakfast aboard the ship
07:30 AM Disembarked from the ship and boarded our buses

08:00 AM Drove along the beautiful coastal road to Corinth with a stop to use restrooms and walk across the ...