“Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road is easy that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it." (Matthew 7:13) The Catholic Church is not an HOA where there are homeowners’ votes taken to choose what neighborhood rules to create or amend. The Catholic Church is not a... Continue Reading →

  ...CONTINUED FROM PART 2... In October of 2021, at the age of 60, beginning the 41st year of my career as a Seattle Archdiocesan teacher/coach/principal with 34 of those years as principal of St. Louise School, I found myself with a decision to make: A) Pick the harder right – which would result in losing my... Continue Reading →

"One may never do evil so that good may result from it. ...A human being must always obey the certain judgment of his conscience. If he were deliberately to act against it, he would condemn himself." (Catechism of the Catholic Church) ...CONTINUED FROM PART 1... In mid-August with less than one month before the start... Continue Reading →

THIS IS THE 1ST OF A 3-PART SERIES OF POSTS. The coronavirus pandemic that began in 2020 with the national closing of schools was the catalyst that ended my career in Catholic education. At that time, I was approaching my 34th year as the principal of St. Louise Catholic School in Bellevue, Washington, and my... Continue Reading →

Admit it - we are in the spiritual battle of our time. Authentic Catholics are constantly being publicly assaulted because of our beliefs regarding marriage, sexuality, the sanctity of human life in the womb, and family values. And the assaults aren’t just coming verbally. There were over 550 physical attacks on Catholic churches, such as... Continue Reading →

March 9, 2023 I recently ended my 40 years in Catholic education, initially as a teacher in three different grade levels – elementary, middle school, and high school - and for the final 34 years as a principal of a Catholic elementary school. I will write in a future post about the reason for my... Continue Reading →