(taped 01/31/08 in Little Rock, AR)

BIO: Specializing John is director of campus ministry at Central Connecticut State University and at Trinity College for the Archdiocese of Hartford, CT.  He is the former diocesan director of youth ministry in Bridgeport.

QUOTE TO NOTE: (College students, like all of us,) need to stop – a little bit; pray – a little bit; and ask that in this that has happened to me, what does it mean, what is God trying to tell me. . . where is God leading me through this experience?

OBSCURE FACTOID: I have two strong memories of many in my long friendship with John: (1) My memories of 9/11 will always include my last pre-9/11 moment that occurred in a phone call that morning with John discussing the merits of our home football teams.  (2) Then there was the early morning at World Youth Day in Cologne where John and I tripped across each other among the 800,000 overnight campers in Marienfeld and walked for a cup of coffee.

BEHIND THE SCENES: At Little Rock, I was able to stockpile some interviews and this is one of them.  It was a little disconcerting to hear a birthday greeting three months later.

BLOG REFLECTION: can be read here for April 23rd.