A rather frequent question asked of me since I first announced my sabbatical last May is “Are you getting excited?” Most are surprised by my answer – but find that they completely understand my rationale. I equated the time between May and September to be a lot like the last semester of one’s academic career […]

The year was 1993. I was the associate pastor at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, and I had recently heard about the sabbatical program that was available to the priests of the Diocese of Cleveland. Though I had only been ordained seven years at the time, the recommendation of the priests who lived […]