Fatima children to be canonized
Second miracle approved.
Nice of Stepinac to tweet about Tim’s record breaking throw
Tim, two time All County in the javelin while at Stepinac. As someone noted on twitter he actually had some longer throws at Stepinac. (But it was a good first throw of the season.) Congratulations to Tim Faranda on breaking STAC javelin record at Univ of Miami track meet last week. Tim threw 159 … Read more
On his first collegiate javelin throw, Tim breaks the school record.
The picture is an old one – junior at Stepinac I think. Neat. At the University of Miami Hurricanes Invitational Meet this past Saturday. Tim was at two Florida meets with his school (STAC) over the winter break. Since he was red-shirted last year as a freshman, this was the first outdoor meet he competed … Read more
“Pope tells priests: don’t hesitate to call in exorcists”
The Pope has spoke quite often about Satan and I've posted five times about him commenting on the devil – like here early in his Papacy. Excellent – America Mag links to a short video: "The Devil in Pope Francis' Teaching" This is from a couple of days ago, as the Pope went to confession … Read more
St. Patrick – the first person to denounce slavery and an upholder of human rights
At least according to Bill Donohue at the Catholic League. Here is a good, brief missive from him on St. Patrick. Salute to St. Patrick March 16, 2017 The heroics of St. Patrick are not appreciated as much as they should be. He is the first person in history to publicly condemn slavery, and one … Read more
Being pessimistic is bad for your heart – but being optimistic doesn’t help
So – avoid pessimism and say your prayers. Here's a study from Finland – During 11 years of follow-up, 122 people died from coronary heart disease. After controlling for smoking, diabetes and other factors, the scientists found that those in the highest one-quarter of scores on pessimism were more than twice as likely to die … Read more
Tim gets 6th place shot put finish in Conference Championship
Last Friday. Tim made the finals at #7 (of eight; they started with 19 throwers). And then the #8 seed hit a good throw so Tim was in 8th place and out of point scoring for his college. Below is his last throw, which pushed him into 6th place (40’2″) and got St. Thomas Aquinas … Read more
The most powerful & emotional moment of Trump’s speech – PBS: Trump honors Ryan Owens, Navy SEAL who died in Yemen raid
"Ryan's legacy is etched into eternity." Powerful stuff. Last night had to be the best speech Trump has ever given.
Two years ago this month, 20 Coptic Christian Egyptians + 1 were beheaded by ISIS
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
Brigid has left Australia; on her way to England (HA! Just in time – check below!)
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