Author: Tom Faranda

Not something I’ll ever do, but kind of fun to read about how to do it! As a note, I still have 20 miles to go, to finish the AT in NY state. Which is pathetic since it’s only about 81 total miles and I’ve been working at it for five years! By the end…

At the Mt. Vernon Development Meet (freshman and sophomores only) and against big schools, including Mt. Vernon, New Rochelle, Port Chester, and Iona. Tim’s second throw (they each get three) was 103 feet 6 inches. They were using a lighter discus then he has been using, since it was an all-freshman event. The second place…

I posted here about Fr., Fr. Ned Murphy, SJ who died on Holy Thursday. His funeral was held last week at the Fordham University Chapel. The founder of Part of the Solution (POTS), here's a bit more information. Fr. Ned Murphy Memorial Fund to benefit POTS

We’re quite glad that Tim decided to join the track team for the HS outdoor season. He’s doing well, throwing the discus, shotput, javelin and also has run in a 4 x 100 relay. So far it’s early in the season – only been two meets, plus a dual meet with Hackley. Next meet is…

Or rather for me, back and forth from the Stations. My brand new phone decided to malfunction – it suddely heated up and then the battery ran down. I felt I needed to see if I could get it fixed/get a replacement one, and spent a good deal of time at a Verizon store (I…

At the Pax Christi Stations of the Cross this morning in New York it was announced that Fr. Ned had died last night. I knew Ned Murphy from years ago when we were raising funds for POTS (Part of the Solution) in the Bronx. A co-founder of POTS he was a wonderful speaker and homilist…

I've gone to the Pax Christi Stations pretty much every year (with time off for cancer) since about 1991. Here's what it looks like – this was two years ago. The Pax Christi Stations through Manhattan yesterday I'll be wearing today the same hat I'm wearing in the last picture … Will perhaps post a…

On Laura Ingraham's radio program. Here he is at a book signing a few years ago. Carter said toning down the stridently pro-abortion position would help win back Republicans who abandoned the Democrats because of abortion and other liberal social issue positions. Here's the full interview with Carter, which touched on many issues – The…

A father of three children, in the Rhode Island National Guard. Sgt. Dennis Weichel, 29, died in Afghanistan last week as he lifted an Afghan girl who was in the path of a large military vehicle barreling down a road.