Tom Faranda's Folly

"Ryan's legacy is etched into eternity." Powerful stuff. Last night had to be the best speech Trump has ever given.

Most everyone remembers this horror.  Hard to believe it was two years ago. 2015 kidnapping and beheading of Copts in Libya Who was the 21st person beheaded? According to reports, Mathew Ayairga was not a Christian. However, when moments before his death the IS extremists demanded that he follow Islam, Mathew turned them down. After … Read more

Australia has loads of nasty, deadly creatures and here’s one of them – Boy survives bite from super deadly spider thanks to quick-thinking dad A 10-year-old Australian boy has survived a bite from one of the world’s deadliest spiders after taking a record 12 vials of anti-venom, local media reported. Matthew Mitchell was helping his … Read more

I took this entirely from the Stepinac HS email that was sent around Tuesday morning. I thought it was nicely done.   A number of wonderful conversations, calls, emails and Facebook comments have been coming to us since the passing of our beloved “Fr. Pete”.  As you have probably heard, Monsignor Peter Gelsomino passed away … Read more

A former teacher at Stepinac, a real character. I never had him as a teacher – he taught Russian – but he had positive influence on many students. He only retired in 2014, at the age of 85. He was at Stepinac from 1958 to 1993. This is from Catholic New York when he retired: … Read more

The Catholic intellectual. He was 83 years old. I enjoyed reading his columns and commentary although I never read any of his books. This is a press release from the Catholic league, and below is a short video from Fr. Robert Sirico. Michael Novak, R.I.P. February 17, 2017 Bill Donohue comments on the death of … Read more

Great article from the NY Times Health and Fitness section. They had to set a new age level classification as he set a world record for people over 105 year olds. Mr. Marchand is the only one in the that group. Testing shows he's more aerobically fit then most 50 year olds. And his aerobic … Read more

Brigid on a hike last October – Castle Rock One of my 2017 resolutions – you can check here – was for Brigid to get out for the first time to Australia, to see her brother Neville and his wife Gerry and their two (June and Samantha) daughters and their children. They’ve all – exception … Read more

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A PR from the Catholic League Wednesday. TRUMP RIPPED FOR RELIGION-FRIENDLY STANCE Trump Ripped for Religion-Friendly Stance February 8, 2017 Bill Donohue comments on a piece by Claire Markham of the Center for American Progress distorting President Trump’s commitment to religious liberty:   Neither President Donald Trump, nor his competitor, Hillary Clinton, are known for … Read more