Tom Faranda In a talk he gave yesterday. Pope strongly upholds Christian marriage The Roman Rota judges individual cases against the laws of Christian marriage, and thereby fulfills a dual role, showing the Church’s compassion and at the same time its fidelity to Christ’s teaching, the Pontiff said. Through the tribunal, he explained, the Church “can show … Read more
Which of course makes Gina Woman of the Year! This is from last Thursday’s dinner honoring Joe for his last four years as the Knights of Columbus local Council’s Grand Knight. And Joe and Gina are a big presence in our community and our Parish. Or as Mike Reynolds, our new Grand Knight says, our … Read more
January 16th was the tenth anniversary of my autologous (given my own previously harvested stem cells back) transplant. (If you hit that link you'll see what is probably not the greatest picture of me.) The stem cells then rebuilt my immune system which was compromised by my prior six days of high dose chemotherapy. That … Read more
I vividly remember this guy, with his "screwjie" (screwball pitch), as described by Phil Rizzuto. He saved Whitey Ford's bacon during Ford's great 25 win 1961 season, which was far and away Arooyo's best season. He was 88. Some nice photos at both of these links. He was an All-Star in his rookie season in … Read more
Played great rugby at 33 years old in the World Cup. when he first played for hte All Blacks in 2003, he was a wrecking ball, headhunting center. By the end of his career with New Zealnad he was the ultimate inside center. Now playing for Toulon in France.
A very fine short (14 paragraphs) essay yesterday. As an aside, many of the comments left about the essay (NY Times readers after all) show a real disdain for religion in general and Christianity in particular. If you doubt me or think I'm being unfair, just read the comments. We moderns assume that compassion for … Read more
Brigid and I were talking a few days ago about how Christmas isn’t the same without young children in the house. And it really isn’t. But the two gorillas in the house were still pretty interested in opening presents early this morning! Even Brigid – who got a snowblower (not pictured). Thank you Santa!
In the 60's in NY today but see this – Christmas Eve 1955 was much warmer. Three fourths of the country was over 60 degrees, and Ashland Kansas, Geary Oklahoma and Encinal Texas were all over 90 degrees. Fort Lauderdale was 85 degrees. All of the stations below were over 60 degrees on Christmas Eve, … Read more
Besides his many roles with the Capuchins, Fr. Jack has been associated with my parish for as long as we’ve lived in Croton. Which is back to 1982! He sent this around today. Love the image below his note. … St. Francis at the Crib My Friends, May the Peace of Christmas fill you … Read more