NY Times: “Harris’s Faith, Inside and Outside the Black Church”

I posted this yesterday Good article: "The Chronically Underestimated Kamala Harris"  and coincidentally this article was in yesterday's NY Times. No mention of her fanatical support and promotion for abortion  Harris Rejects Religious Exemptions for Abortion. That's Harris's faith? The Rev. Dr. Amos Brown was taking his usual Sunday afternoon nap in late July when … Read more

Tarred and feathered; a Jesuit story

Got this off CatholicVote -  the founding President of Boston College – In 1848, when the Swiss Jesuit Father Johannes Bapst arrived in the United States and received his first assignment—pastoring the Penobscot in Maine—he had two concerns. First, he spoke neither English nor Penobscot. Second, 10 of his predecessors, including the most recent had … Read more

Brigid and Tom. Then and now

This post is triggered by a request to supply a note and possibly pictures for a book being prepared to celebrate a certain person’s birthday. Can’t reveal who, since it might leak out… Among other things I sent the two pictures below – a selfie from a couple of days ago and our wedding picture, … Read more

Nobel Peace Prize goes to Japanese A-Bomb survivors group

Great. Glad they were recognized. Meanwhile we will spend 1.57 trillion over the next ten years to "modernize and upgrade" our weapons. To paraphrase Archbishop Fulton Sheen, abortion and nuclear bombs are two sides of the same coin. Nihon Hidankyo, grassroots group, is recognized for its efforts to rid the world of nuclear weapons The … Read more

Saint John Leonardi – Feast Day today

Pure luck that I stumbled across this today. Born in 1541, founded a religious order, Clerics Regular of the Mother of God and died in 1609 caring for the sick during a plague. He is the patron saint of pharmacists named such in 2006 as he was a pharmacist before becoming a priest! John lived … Read more