Tom Faranda's Folly

Yup myself yesterday and #1 Josie three days earlier – the 24th. My t shirt of course refers to #2 Tim’s high school and college javelin exploits. I have another one that says “Got Shotput?”.  

The guy responding – John Lennox – is a mathematician who does a great deal of speaking worldwide on Christianity. The comment that the resurrection is "irrelevant" is pretty stupid – but that's just me.

HAHAHA! GALATIA — A local follower of the new religious sect known as “Christians” expressed frustration after a letter from the Apostle Paul arrived notifying the group of believers that circumcision is not a requirement to be a member of the church. “Would’ve helped to have known about this a few days ago,” said Lucius, … Read more

With a score of 27%. "New York state is home to 4 of the top 10 counties in the U.S. ranked by religious diversity. What is New York doing to safeguard religious liberty for its diverse population in 2023?" Religious Liberty in the States 2023 measures each state across 34 items that form 7 groups … Read more

Farandaville is big supporter of the consistent ethic of life ethos – we are against most everything (nuclear bombs, abortion, the death penalty…) except people who we are very much in favor of. I already posted about this WSJ: “Joe From Scranton Loses His Authenticity” so I was glad when Consistent Life weekly email highlighted  … Read more

There is a good description of the event if you hit the link. They were guillotined on this date in 1794. The Martyrs of Compiègne were the 16 members of the Carmel of Compiègne, France: 11 Discalced Carmelite nuns, three lay sisters, and two externs (or tertiaries). They were executed by the guillotine towards the … Read more

One of Farandaville favorites – we’ve been to Auriesville, NY where part of the shrine there is dedicated to her – she was born there. There is also a large Jesuit Cemetery there, which includes some men I knew. The miraculous healing that lead to her canonization is amazing.  Hit the link below for a … Read more

I love it! Very worth hitting the link for the whole article and not just the excerpts below the link. Only takes five minutes. Just weeks after Pope Francis included Coptic martyrs in the Catholic Roman martyrology, he has established a working commission in the Dicastery for Saints’ Causes to catalogue all Christian martyrs, including … Read more

I know several people with chemistry degrees and indeed they've spent (and are spending) some quality time doing this.

Hopefully Jessica will get no criticism from the usual Croton mob.