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Xaverian Brothers Kenya

Traveling Home

8 Jul 2022July 9, 2022
Traveling has its inevitable joys, wonders, and exciting moments. Who doesn’t love a beer before noon while sitting on the beach reading a book? What’s not to enjoy about seeing…
Xaverian Brothers Kenya

Escaping Reality

12 Jun 2022June 22, 2022
The past two weeks have been a whirlwind experience. After traveling below the equator, struggling to learn a new language that has no linguistic ties to any other language I’ve…
Public Theology & Spirituality

Your “Thoughts and Prayers” are Doing Nothing

31 May 2020November 4, 2020
Your prayers are doing nothing, and they are falling on deaf ears. I do not say those words lightly. Your prayers are doing nothing, and they are falling on deaf…
Public Theology & Spirituality

Oh… So you’re religious?

18 Dec 2018November 4, 2020
Recently I was speaking with some people about faith and religion, and the question that I dread, inevitably was asked, "Do you believe in God? Are you religious?" I dread…
Public Theology & Spirituality

I have a confession

3 Dec 2018November 4, 2020
As a Catholic, I have a confession to make: I have deliberately missed Mass on Sundays for the last several months. For some this may come as a shock. For…
Public Theology & Spirituality

You are never alone

17 Sep 2018November 4, 2020
The month of September is Suicide Prevention month and schools and agencies all across the nation are giving voice to something that is preventable.  Each day in our country, there…
Public Theology & Spirituality

A Devout Meditation in Memory of Donald J. Trump

12 Jul 2018November 4, 2020
In college, I took a course that covered a wide selection of Thomas Merton’s writings, one essay in particular, "A Devout Meditation in Memory of Adolf Eichmann," I have not…
Public Theology & Spirituality

Who are you looking for?

3 Apr 2018November 4, 2020
“Who are you looking for?” Walking around the streets of New York City and visiting the September 11 Memorial Museum, I felt compelled to attend evening mass at St. Patrick’s…
Public Theology & Spirituality

Happy Easter – Live the Fourth!

17 Apr 2017November 4, 2020
The story of Easter reminds us of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This story told over-and-over has become tired and easily dismissed. Its wisdom is lost on…
Public Theology & Spirituality

Thanks Dad

5 Feb 2017November 4, 2020
On Monday, January 30, 2017, my father, Steven Edward Nichols died. While at times we did not always love each other the way we wish we could have or should…
Camino de Santiago

Learning from the Past

22 Jul 2016November 4, 2020
https://twitter.com/nicholsrobert/status/755469616974065664 It is often the unplanned, spontaneous adventures that prove to be the most rewarding. Bruges, Belgium proved to be the case. Covered in chocolate shops, dotted with breweries, surrounded…
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Remembering the “Magis”

22 Nov 2015November 4, 2020
Three years ago, I was a student at Xavier University sitting in my room filling out an application to join Xavier's Dorothy Day Center for Faith & Justice Magis Society.…

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My last day in Kenya was filled with the largest smiles and celebration of the happiest memories. I will forever be thankful to the Xaverian Brothers for hosting me.
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