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Sr. Helen Prejean is the religious sister who was portrayed by Susan Sarandon in the 1996 movie Dead Man Walking. Sister Helen is active ministering to people on death row and working against the death penalty. I went to her talk last month at my alma mater, Fairfield University. I have never seen the movie…

This is from the Catholic online publication, CRUX Meeting with members of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem Nov. 16, the pope said that “the tragic situations of Christians who are persecuted and killed in ever-increasing numbers” is plain to see, even if the world “too often turns and looks away.” Christians…

The author is the Canadian Psychologist Jordan Peterson who is a total internet/youtube sensation.  And the book (4,116 reviews on amazon as of today) is rightfully a huge best seller. It's been on the amazon best seller list for 47 weeks and will probably be there for several years. Each of the 12 Rules has…

UPDATE: Funny email from anonymous lady friend of ours: “Cuomo got the family a bridge, he can work on some Saint designations now, enough to go around” I never heard of this guy. But evidently important. Cool confirmation name … St. Winebald (701-761 A.D.) was a Saxon prince born into a holy and royal family…

Bishop Barron – extremely popular on social media – as the WSJ recently headlined No church figure other than the pope has more followers than Robert Barron. This is part of a much longer interview with the popular conservative Jewish fellow, Ben Shapiro. Here he simply and quickly (4 minutes) presents the standard Catholic view…

An important Jesuit ministry; 2 minute video. Originally begun to aid Vietnamese refugees; currently heavily involved in Iraq and Syria.  

Despicable. I'm going to post most of this op ed since the Journal requires subscription. Government bureaucrats are so much smarter than the rest of us -just ask them. The op ed is written by two yeshiva deans.  Albany bureaucrats want to commandeer our curriculum. We won’t have it. Together the two of us have…

Yes, the first half of December a great month in Farandaville -Tim birthday December  9th Tim birthday today! , we pick him up at the hospital on the 11th  we picked up Tim from the hospital!  and December 12th Brigid birthday.  Here’s Brigid, and she’s got  a necklace Tim gave her – After the Christmas…

Here we are at Benedictine Hospital in Kingston, NY. Tim was born two days earlier. The nurse said, “He’s a very alert baby.” Little did we know… And we all look A LOT younger. Go here to see what he looks like today – Tim birthday today!

Gone to kangaroo better place.