I’m working on a speech for a conference this weekend on WFB at Portsmouth Abbey, focusing on him as a Catholic.

At the time of his passing, many expressed an admiration for, or were outright inspired by, how Catholicism informed his journalism. We even had the occasional priest or sister say he or she was inspired by his faith in practice.

If you have any thoughts or experiences you care to relay, I’d be interested . . . thanks, in advance, for the e-mail. If you can’t make Rhode Island this weekend, I’ll be bringing readers thoughts there and will report back.