BC is not going to replace the hierarchy, and BC is not going to lead some major reform in the Catholic Church - that's got to come out of the whole Catholic community.

One of the biggest issues that we face is that we have people who have their own particular concerns, whether it's on abortion, birth control, divorce and remarriage, civil rights or social justice.

Now where people are - at least the people I talk to - they are focused on issues of trust. Accountability also comes up, to make sure that this doesn't happen again.

I would say the hierarchy has made terrible errors in judgment and it has to seek forgiveness by its members.

The more we can get together and talk about various perspectives, feelings, beliefs, the better.

We've always had issues up for discussion at Catholic universities.

No organization, whether it's police or physicians or whatever, wants to have its errors held up to the light of day, but it's wrong, as is coming out so well.

The church may hold whatever it holds with regard to clerical celibacy.

I think the issue of clergy sexual abuse sparked people to look at their faith in a different way.

We are the meeting place, an entity that's trying to connect faith and culture.

What we're about is a manifestation of the Catholic roots of Boston College.

Follow the advice of those that lead by example, instead of those lost in the norms.

The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave. Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery.

As I get ready to buy a new computer, I'm stunned at all the many micro drafts, of different chapters and scenes and whatnot, that litter the hard drive.

I was the kid that wanted to be anonymous in that I'd put a football helmet on and be a member of a team and go out there and maim people. It was a very hard process. It truly was.

Words cut through my skin, tears roll down my chin

I don't think about delivery. I don't think about mechanics. I just think about throwing hard.

Rome is an astonishment!

I live in a world that's free, colorful, vibrant, takes chances, bold, stands up to power, umm, and that's where I've mad my success.

To seem sorrowful is not in good taste: You're supposed to seem bored.

But it is hard to know them from friends, they are so obsequious and full of protestations; for a wolf resembles a dog, so doth a flatterer a friend.