September, my favorite month!

So, it's the first day of September, and I'm here in NYC for a few more days before returning to my new assignment at Le Moyne College, a Jesuit school in Syracuse. I've just returned from 8 months in Australia where I was completing the last phase of Jesuit formation before final vows. With the very cool morning here, it feels like fall has arrived, and with it, all those nostalgic feelings of new beginnings. And of course, new beginnings inevitably involve endings and farewells. As you perhaps reluctantly return from summer vacations, or at least the change of pace that summer provides, what are you feeling grateful for? And what are you anticipating as the fall approaches?

After keeping a blog up for the last several months, I found that it provided a meaningful way for me to connect with friends, family, and colleagues, and to draw insight through reflection on experiences. My intention with this blog will be to offer thoughts and feelings related to Life, Word, and Way... while everything is fair game, a fair amount of my attention will be on ways of connecting contemporary life with the Way of Jesus, sharing insights from the spiritual life, and following up on questions.

Hope that you will stop back, and if you do, to participate in this conversation and play!