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In June 2013 the Philadelphia Union took on and beat the NY Red Bulls. During the pre-game they honored and remembered Mack.
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Wearing his patch the Penn State Men took on #5 Cal.
Read more...Our son John William McKenzie “Mack” Brady died unexpectedly from a blood infection on December 31, 2012, just 16 days short of his 9th birthday...
Read more »Elizabeth has recently posted a new piece on Open to Hope, “Lent as a Verb, Not a Noun.” The standard preparation for Lent asks us to step away from our busy lives and consider our mortality: for you were made from dust, and to dust you will return. Until Mack died, Lent was a kind of […]
This is the lecture I gave for the 20th Annual Mark Luchinsky Lecture in the Schreyer Honors College, Penn State University. The video is below, but here are my scripted remarks, I departed occasionally from them, but the core concepts are here. From the opening remarks: Tonight we recognize the anniversary of Mark Allan Luchinsky’s passing on […]
We are so excited to announce that GK Icon USA will soon be making and selling the “Mack” glove on their site! You may remember that Mike Amman came to this year’s annual Mack Brady Clinic and along with Penn State’s own Michael Behonick put on a great goalkeeping clinic for our young players. He is […]
Our first Mack Brady Goalkeeper has been picked up in the draft by the LA Galaxy! “Wolvey” is an incredible young man and, as you can tell, an outstanding keeper. He played the last few games of the season with a broken bone in his foot and yet managed to put up an incredible 8 […]
Thank you to everyone who attended and made this such a wonderful event! A special thank you goes to former DC United goalie and owner of GK Icon USA Mike Amman! Of course none of it was possible without our Penn State Coaches Bob Warming, Mike Behonick (also a DCU goalie!), and Chad Duernberger and […]
Today is the Third Annual Mack Brady Soccer Clinic sponsored by Penn State Men’s and Women’s Soccer. That means that we have passed the second anniversary of Mack’s passing and his 11th birthday. We have been so very grateful for the incredible love and support that we have received. Most of all, we are grateful […]
Happy 11th Birthday to sweet Mack today. This is one of my favorite photos from my phone that I snapped in July 2012. I was actually trying to take a photo of the cool orange couch and Mack slid across the couch and gave me two thumbs up, “Missin’ somethin’ in your picture? Like, me!?” […]
UPDATE: There is a form that will need to be filled out for each child. They will be available on site, but to speed things up, please download from here and bring the completed form to the clinic. “Mack Brady Clinic Release Form” Please join us on Sunday January 18th at 4:30 pm in Holuba […]
I was so struck by this reflection on Christmas by Brent Strawn of Emory University entitled “A Pale Blue Christmas” I had to share it. He is challenging the trend in some churches of adding a new service into the regular Christmas fare to invite all who mourn. But, Strawn points out that he has […]
“So that their lights may always shine” The national bereavement support group “Compassionate Friends” unites friends and family around the globe each year in lighting candles for one hour to honor the memories of the sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, and grandchildren who left too soon. We would like to invite all of you in the […]
