A quick update and a brief stop down at Stumptown highlights a good couple of days in Portland, OR.

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Out and About

September was a very powerful month. We did a lot of playing and praying... I feel like I've grown so much... After our performance at the St. Ann Carnival, we went to St. John in Bedford, the LIFETEEN Priest and Musician conference in Mesa, AZ, Lexington KY, then up to New Hampshire and now Salado, TX. At each place we met up with tons of old and new friends. Next we're off to Rochester, NY and then Peoria, IL.

In all of the travels, I've seen such a passion ...

Times have changed... forget the pencils and mountains of music paper, it's Powermac all the way...

Matt came to St. Ann for an Inspiration night.
This photo was taken by John Wehlage...

Well, this is not Top Gun and I am not Tom Cruise or the Righteous Bros. I went fishing a couple of weeks ago and got totally tapped into the finesse worm technique to catch Largemouth bass. My friend and fishing guide, Sam Matalone drove out to the Lake Lewisville Dam and taught me and a smiley shirted friend of mine out and taught us how to catch the elusive large mouth bass. The first time, I was a mess. It was windy and I just couldn't get it figured out, while Jesse, just seemed to...

ROCKYVINE

Yet another awesome week with the so many teens from Texas, Arkansas, Washington, Indiana, and elsewhere... I had a BLAST all week. Though that record breaking heat wave sat on top of us for a few days, we had a blast with water wars and other crazy fun outdoor events. Our team was particularly adept at the Protect the Egg game with about 30 teens, a big soapy tarp, and a bunch of water balloons. All I can say is SWEET VICTORY...

It is so inspiring to see so many ...

St Meinrad

I was so excited and heartened to see so many young people and this weekend long leadership camp. The Holy Spirit knew what it was doing by bringing these young people up to the hill. The beautiful surroundings, beautiful people, beautiful love in the community all inspired me to dive deeper. To hear young people chanting the liturgy of the hours, then leading all of the music of the liturgies... Amazing talents...

It was a great week. Next for me is a performanc...