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I love when a headline grabs my attention. There are certain words or combinations that appeal to all of us. I thought what if I used a somewhat familiar visual tool and communicate something original and true and beautiful. As a writer, I love all aspects of writing. I still vaguely recall using some kind of type set when I was a student at Felix Festa Junior High School in Shop Class. Asa font aficionado I took clipping s of newsprint its in...

For years these poems sat in file folder. They just didn't seem to belong anywhere, until one day I noticed that they were meant to be together and to be shared. In the old days, poems without a home eventually would be burnt down by the river at Mount Saint Vincent's College. Thankfully Danny O said something discouraging of this practice and so for years poems for the fire have waited to survive the night and see the light of day.

The Ghostland Ritual is a poem sequence, a tapestry of sorts, that is part confession, part memoir, part lament, part prayer, part meditation, part exorcism. It veers into hidden territories not always given light. Replete with contradictions, repetitions, exultations, degradations, omissions, despair, hope, clichés, the Ghostland Ritual is an invitation into an experience. These cantos belong to a process, a personal ritual of expression inte...

I have been a priest for fifteen years. Since October 2010, I have served as a first-time pastor of Holy Trinity Church in Poughkeepsie, New York. This is a collection of most of my church bulletin messages, entitled, "A Word From the Pastor, " as well as some my letters for a variety of parish mailings.

In 2005, Robert Repenning, a Catholic priest served as an Army Chaplain in Iraq. This is the printed version of his on line journal, which he kept during his deployment. "By My Side" provides a unique perspective of his ministry in Iraq blending Catholicism, politics, rock and roll, and personal reflection while also being a vehicle to keep in touch with his loved ones while he was away.