The Herald has covered news principally through it subscription services over the course of 35 years (celebrated annniversary in 2015) and is the most reliable source for all that is Catholic in Western North Carolina, which is home to the Diocese of Charlotte.  My role as a correspondent and photographer takes me to wide reaches of the Blue Ridge mountains and through the valleys of the Charlotte Mason Dixon line.

The heart of what I do involves covering the news, events and happenings that touches the Catholic community at large.  However, my real passion is to help uncover the hidden secrets of the more older and smaller parishes where the penitents are more devoted to tradition and Catholic roots.  There, one gets to encounter the real Jesus in the face of the devotee who is seeking Christ, and gladly wears the promises of His grace in their own facial expressions.  One begins to experience and exhilarating sense of joy and see the depth of enduring love they receive only through a closer encounter with the risen Lord.

Every event promises something new and opens wide the heart to a joyful encounter with the Lord.  This diocese is constantly offering a wide range of sacramental events and happenings that helps maintain the spirit of its children, and an ever constant effort to drive them closer to the reality of heaven.  My involvement has lead me to nothing less than the following pursuits:

		Eucharistic Congress
		Atlanta Eucharistic Congress
		First Holy Communion
		Holy Confirmation
		Easter Vigil Mass with Bishop Peter Jugis
		Solemnities and Feast Days
		Feast Day Processions & Devotions
		Corpus Christi
		Pontifical Masses presided by Cardinals
		Retreats & Seminars
		Guadium Musicae at St. Ann Catholic
		Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Adopting a vast array of events allows me to diversity content, information and provide the greatest visual insight to Catholics worldwide the essense of the faith celebrated throught the eyes of the contemporary practicing devotee.

My areas of interest includes:

		Latin Rite Masses
		Orchestral Masses
		Rorate Caeli Mass at Dawn
		Liturgical Processions
		Veneration of the Saints/Relics

My work does not limit me to travels only in my diocese, but it has actually opened doors to many venue, churches, shrines and holy sites where the presence of Christ our Lord has been apparent through the ages.  I have been given the great grace to visit many noteable and some rather preserved secrets.

		Our Lady of Victory, Buffalo, NY
		Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, Niagara, NY
		Shrine of St. Therese Lisiuex, Canada
		Cathedral of Immaculate Conception, Kansas City
		Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis
		Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Kansas City
		Visitation Church, Kansas City
		Shrine of St. Anne in Penang, Malaysia
		Shrine of Our Lady of Snows, Belleville
		St. Josephat in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
		Our Lady of Ephesus Convent, Missouri
		Cathedral of St. Paul, Birmingham
		Ave Maria Grotto, Cullman
		Basilica of St. Lawrence, Asheville
		Cathedral of St. John, Kuala Lumpur
		Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Hanceville
		Monastery of Angels, Irondale
		St. Bernard's Abbey, Cullman
		St. Benedict's Abbey, Lake Bennet
		St. Benedict Church in Atlanta
		St. Micheal's Chapel, Batu Arang
		Divine Mercy Shrine in Kuala Lumpur
		Our Lady of Vailankanni in Kuala Lumpur
		Monastery of the Holy Cross, Chicago
		St. Cecilia's Convent, Nashville
		Sacred Heart Convent, Cullman
		St. Stanislaus Oratory, Milwaukee
		Sacred Heart Monastery, Milwaukee
		St. Anthony Padua in Buffalo, NY
		St. Patrick's Cathedral in Kansas City
		Shrine of St. John Paul II in Syracuse
		St. Joseph's Church in Singapore
		St. Francis de Sales Seminary, Milwaukee
		St. Francis Xavier in Malacca
		Holy Spirit Monastery, Conyers
		Cathedral of St. Patrick, Ottawa
		St. Paul's Cathedral, New York
		Basilica St. Peter & Paul, Philadelphia
		National Shrine St. Rita of Cascia, Philadelphia
		Cathedral of St. Peter, Wilmington
		Monastery of Queen of Apostles, Missouri
		St. Francis Xavier, Denver
		Sister Servants of the Eternal Word, Birmingham

Many of these great churches and sites have helped me in my journey of faith, and I've returned those graces to countles others.

In later 2012, the Latin Rite mass was celebrated every Wednesday evening.  Over the course of a coupla years, the mass has included a wide range of rituals which includes the more liturgically complex rites such as the Mass of the Dead and Pontifical High Mass.  Growing interests have taken a leap due to the numerous coverages I have provided over the years with tantalizing photos and scenes. This captures the picturesque essence of the mass - not to exclude the colorful vestments, the various movements of the acolytes, the rubrics illuminated by the sub-deacons and magical atmosphere created by the endless billows of incense fire.

The Latin Mass Community has continued to promote, promulgate, and deliver a wide range of liturgical celebrations in the forms below:

		Pontifical High Masses
		Solemnities & Seasonal Masses
		Orchestral Masses
		Triduum High Masses
		Mass of the Dead
		Rorate Caeli (celebrated in candle-light)

My principal role during each of these beautiful masses is to commit the celebration to memory digitally and have them available on public albums.  This enables our community members to recall previous events and also use materials for publication on news and related media channels.

My work enables the CLMC to promote their work and interests accross the diocese in a clear demonstration that the Latin Rite is very much an everyday affair in the liturgical life of the community.  This also helps us to establish growing interest amongst neighboring counties, cities and dioceses as a means to promote the rite in their own territories.  All but not least, the Latin Rite is a visible sign of the reverence, love, grace and remains to be the highest form of liturgical form of the Eucharistic celebration that promises to turn many souls - both Catholic and christians alike to the way the sacrifice should be honored, which has lead many others before them straight into sainthood.

The complex nature and beauty of these mass allows me to exercise the very extremes of photography and correspondence work as it illuminates the failth in ways never seen, or encountered before.  Each mass promises a deeper sense of yearning for the Holy Sacrifice, and adds new meaning to and appreciation for the Eucharist.