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Home now; was dropped off by Joe Friday late afternoon and picked up by Tim and Brigid yesterday. Great 28 hours and will post full rundown soon. Two different hills      

Today is the feast of St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein), the Catholic convert and intellectual who was murdered in Auschwitz 80 years ago today. interesting article in the Jesuit publication America. hit the link for the whole article. Cardinal Michael Czerny S.J., visited Auschwitz today to celebrate Mass at the convent of the Carmelite Sisters … Read more

The great historian and writer. I read his first famous book  "The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal” in 1977 when I had moved to Jamaica on my teaching job. A year later over my Easter break I traveled to the canal on my way to see my brother Jim in … Read more

The Hiroshima bombing anniversary is August 6th – 77 years ago. The world is running out of time. This is a great column. Small excerpts below. The Anniversary of Hiroshima: John Paul II and Fulton Sheen on the Bomb and Conversion St. John Paul II made the following remarks during his visit to Hiroshima on … Read more

Yes and that’s just the start… Short video.  

Oh so right. Two minutes long and insightful perspective to put on cancel culture, which is abundantly evident in my own town of Croton.  

The funny thing is, most people will have no idea what some of these references are to – what's The Chosen, and who the heck is Ehud? We get it. It's hard to read the divinely inspired word of the creator of the universe. He's so judgy!… Here are some of the best excuses for … Read more

I actually planned it all out myself – took Brigid on a surprise trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the Winslow Homer Crosscurrents exhibit, which was marvelous. It closes the end of this month which is why I wanted to get down to it. A little bit from the website and then a … Read more

After an almost five year battle with pancreatic cancer, our parish pastor, Fr. Brian Brennan, died last Sunday morning. His funeral was this past Friday. An astonishing number of clergy, including three Bishops, concelebrated his funeral. There were about 14 clergy on the altar, many of whom were not expected. The theme was "The Good … Read more

I suppose when you only have two issues to run on – hate Trump / love abortion then you're OK with attacks on Churches and Pregnancy Care Centers – including the one that helped Tim's birth mother and put us in touch with her. I guess they are waiting for someone to be killed. House … Read more