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A blow against toxic masculinity as man allows his wife to shovel driveway
Yes! This is how it is at my house. Although I’m told it will soon end … One man has taken the message of Gillette’s new “toxic masculinity” campaign to heart. Tom Faranda Devin Camp saw the commercial and it caused him to perform an introspective look at his own motivations of behavior regarding manliness.…
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Mariano Rivera – first ever unanimous selection to the Baseball Hall of Fame
Great! No one more deserving. And a funny coincidence! Rivera was elected into the Hall of Fame on Tuesday by the voting members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. He is the first player in history to be voted in unanimously, a remarkable achievement that has long been seen as an impossibility. As Rivera…
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More on the smear campaign against Covington Catholic students.
UPDATE: Covington HS closed on account of death threats Predictably the media jumped all over the initial story, based on a two minute video excerpt. Here's my original post which has some good links. There's more to the DC incident with the elderly Indian drum-beater & the MAGA hat kid It was media malpractice but…
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Today – Feast of St. Agnes
Certainly a famous saint & martyr with many legends surrounding her – Agnes of Rome (c. 291 – c. 304) is a virgin martyr, venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, the Anglican Communion, and Lutheranism. She is one of seven women who, along with the Blessed Virgin, are commemorated…
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There’s more to the DC incident with the elderly Indian drum-beater & the MAGA hat kid
After having an incendiary extremely edited video played on CBS – CNN – et al, here's a video that puts the incident in context. Sent to me by my son – it's 18 minutes long and I watched the entire thing. If you're interested and/or heard about this, start watching a few minutes and see…
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At the March for Life – my friend Fr. Fidelis
Who was soon to be ordained when he was at my son Joe’s baptism 25 plus years ago. . Fidelis is a canon lawyer – and he’s been in the news lately.
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Jesuits go public – their list of members with credible abuse allegations
The list was promulgated simultaneously by Northeast Jesuit organizations. Beside the one below, I also received emails from Fairfield and Fordham Universities, both of which I attended. To get directly to the list you just hit the link in the article below. More to follow. This is from America Magazine. – A message…
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Farandaville: Chinchilla/rodent recent doings
Brigid being Brigid took these three pictures a few days ago – First – The darker chin with backside to us is Spiderman. His significant other is Rylai (named for a Dota character – go here) and she is crunched in, next to him, with their daughter Buffy (very pink ear) kind of on top…
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Fr. Richard John Neuhaus – 10th anniversary of his death
Below is a nice tribute to Fr. Neuhaus, who was a Lutheran convert to Catholicism and noted writer and speaker. It's by Kathryn Jean Lopez. I've read several of Neuhaus' books including one she mentions, Death on a Friday Afternoon. And Farandaville was a charter subscriber to the Journal he established, First Things. Father Richard…