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The worldwide Jesuits are meeting – their 36th Convocation
Good article by the excellent journalist, John Allen. ROME- Beginning October 2 and running until needed, the Society of Jesus is holding its 36th General Congregation. That means that for the foreseeable future, 215 delegates of the leading men’s religious order of the Catholic Church are gathered in Rome not only to appoint a new…
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Pence and Kaine on Catholic issues
It would be nice if they both re-joined the Catholic Church. A 4 minute video.
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Forbes 400 Richest List includes a Croton resident
It's not me. It's Tom Secunda. He's one of the four co-founders of Bloomberg L.P. and a Binghamton University grad with two degrees in math. And an active philanthropist. Here's the story mentioning him and other wealthy Westchester residents (including Trump). Nine Westchester residents made the list, and Rockland and Dutchess residents were also ranked.…
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Good article – How the Democrats handed Trump the working class
Off Marketwatch.com (a business website & mostly Hillary supporter). Globalization and the loss of jobs in America. The story of Trump’s amazingly successful movement is also the story of how Democrats turned their backs on their working-class roots and sided with the elites on the crucial economic question of our times: Who would win from…
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My brother Paul; 11th anniversary of losing him
Phil (brother #4) posted this picture of Tom, Jim and Paul (Phil hadn’t arrived yet …). Must have been when I was in the 7th or eighth grade. I have no recollection of this picture and certainly no recollection of Paul’s Commodore outfit. He’d have been five or six years old. Paul died at the…
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The Dalai Lama does his Trump impersonation
UPDATE: An email comment -"Well, Hello Dalai." HA! Watch the 46 second video below.
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Tim – back at college
Since Tim needed two cars to get his stuff back, I went over with him to St. Thomas Aquinas College – it’s only a 35 minute ride. I was only there about half an hour. Picking up his keys outside the dorm – And here’s Tim and Joe at Memphis Mae’s where we went for…
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Fr. James Martin – 4 minutes about Mother Teresa’s spiritual “darkness”
I believe Fr. Martin, who is a Jesuit and worked on Wall Street before becoming one, spent some time with the Missionary Sisters of Charity. If you go here – a review I did of the book "Come Be My Light" you can find out a little bit more about her struggles.