MARK WEGNER, AN MLB UMPIRE AND GOOD FRIEND OF MSGR. TOM’S RECENTLY JOINED US FOR 9 A.M. MASS AT SACRED HEART. MARK WAS IN NEW YORK “MANNING” THE INSTANT REPLAY CAMERAS FOR THE MLB THAT WEEK SO HE DECIDED TO BE ADVENTUROUS AND HOP ON THE SUBWAY AND LIRR AND COME OUT TO VISIT MSGR. TOM. MSGR. TOM FIRST MET MARK IN LAKELAND, FLORIDA DURING A DETROIT TIGERS SPRING TRAINING GAME. THE CHAPLAINS OF ALL THE MLB TEAMS TRY TO GO TO VISIT THE TEAMS DURING SPRING TRAINING- IN BOTH   FLORIDA AND ARIZONA ON WHAT IS CALLED “THE MEN IN BLACK TOUR”.  MSGR. TOM ALSO PARTICIPATES IN A PROGRAM COORDINATED BY MARK WHEREBY A NUMBER OF PRIESTS AND DEACONS FROM THROUGHOUT THE USA WRITE A HOMILY ON THE UPCOMING SUNDAY READINGS (EACH  PRIEST/DEACON USUALLY DOES IT THREE TIMES IN THE COURSE OF THE BASEBALL SEASON) AND SEND IT TO MARK WHO THEN DISTRIBUTES IT TO THE UMPIRES WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO RECEIVE THEM. IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE MARK VISIT US HERE AT SACRED HEART!