Hey All, For those that don’t know this already, I, Orin, am a Harvard graduate – BA, 1996. I don’t tell you this to boast or to make you bow down to me in homage or anything — really, if you knew what my degree was in, you’d probably just burst out laughing — but…
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Happy Advent
Orin and Erin light their baptismal candles from an advent wreath created by Orin’s sister at their wedding last year, on the First Sunday of Advent.
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Preaching in Missouri last weekend
This past weekend, the bishops of the Missouri Catholic Conference decided to ask all of their priests and deacons to direct their homilies toward educating the faithful about Church teaching with regards to stem cell research. This means that, in theory, anyone who attended Mass in Missouri this weekend was presented with a homily on…
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Orin & Erin’s 1st Anniversary
We have been married one year and one day as I (Orin) write this… Seems like not that long, honestly, which I guess is better than it feeling more like 10 years! We celebrated with a night at the Renaissance Grand downtown and dinner where we had our reception a year ago. ANd presents and…
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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Minor Earthquake!
So, Erin and I (Orin) were up watching TV (The Colbert Report) on our new DVR (yay!) about 11pm last night, and suddenly, there’s a bump that lasts about a second or less. I felt the whole house move, so did Erin, probably like 1/32 of an inch or something. It felt as if a…
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Darryl Strawberry, Jesse Manibusan, and the Diocese of Ogdensburg
Hello- What a great time we had in Watertown, NY this weekend! On Saturday, Orin and I had the opportunity to present at the first ever Jr. High Youth Alive. About 120 youth and adults filed into a high school auditorium for three hours of stories, music, and fun. We were very impressed with the…