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Stepping Out of the Boat

Matthew 14:29

The title of this blog is a reference to Matthew 14:29, where Jesus invited Peter to step from the boat and trust in the Lord. My observations on this blog are designed to respond to this challenge, and to offer a vision of how Catholics can proclaim the Gospel in the public square. All Glory to God.

All opinions here are mine, and mine alone, and do not represent official statements of the Archdiocese of New York.

Recent Blog Posts

The Republican Party Betrays Pro-Life Principles

How far the Republican Party has fallen since Ronald Reagan wrote the magnificent pro-life manifesto Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation! The party now has two nominees who are functionally pro-choice, and the incoherent platform has betrayed the unborn in the interests of electoral exigencies. When the party was founded in the 1850’s, it…

Joan of Arc and Us

Today is the feast day of Joan of Arc. She was a beautiful person, simple, devout and strong. She rose from utter obscurity to accomplish one of the most remarkable feats in human history. Her life contains many, many lessons. One of them is that God truly cares about human affairs, he wants us to…

Another Totalitarian Attack on Pregnancy Centers

There is a totalitarian strain in the pro-abortion mindset, particularly here in New York. They’re not satisfied merely with having unlimited abortion with no legal limits at any stage in pregnancy. They feel compelled to suppress any opposition to abortion and to force everyone to approve of it. We see this in the latest attack…

Politicians Without Chests

In his prophetic book, The Abolition of Man, C.S. Lewis used the term “Men Without Chests” as a powerful image to describe the effects of education that lacked a grounding in objective moral truth. Anyone who looks at contemporary politics can tell that we are now living in his dystopian future. C.S.Lewis and The Way…

About Me

I am a life-long New Yorker, a graduate of Catholic elementary and high schools, Columbia College, Harvard Law School, and St. Joseph Seminary Institute of Religious Studies. I was a former state and federal prosecutor before coming to the Archdiocese of New York in 1994. I am currently the Director of Public Policy and the Director of Safe Environment at the Archdiocese of New York. I am married with two adult children, and my wife and I volunteer in our parish and with the American Red Cross.

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