ARCHIVE May, 2013

A Boy’s Happiest Memory

It was Saturday afternoon, October 17, 1971. I was 10 years old, just a skinny, freckle-faced Irish looking kid (red hair and all), sitting at the kitchen table of our London, Ontario home. Mom was there, preparing something for dinner when my father came in carrying my jacket. ”Come on Pat, we’re going for a Read more

May 27, 2013 in Blog Post by Patrick O'Connor

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When a Man and Woman Say Yes

It is a warm late-summer afternoon in London, Ontario. 60 people gather in a small chapel at Brescia College on the campus of the University of Western Ontario to celebrate a Mass in honour of the 50th Wedding Anniversary of Dennis and Margaret O’Connor, my parents. My Uncle Gerald, a Basilian Roman Catholic Priest, presides Read more

May 10, 2013 in Blog Post by Patrick O'Connor