YIKES! 27 today. A few months old. HAHAHA! Trying to figure himself out. Tim, as junior at Stepinac – nine years ago. Makes benching 340 look easy peasy. His PR (personal record) in high school was 365 lbs. And squatting 485. 17 years old. Tim with Marisa in June, celebrating her finishing graduate … Read more
Ugh I’ve never seen such an outpouring of sorrow for a prolife leader. He was 68 and had a three year battle with cancer. We have a special bond with Chris, since our second son Tim came to us through his efforts. He wouldn’t be a Faranda without Chris and Expectant Mother Care. Brigid had … Read more
The video is a bit over 13 minutes. I'm not sure exactly what her cancer was and it's not clear when it started (UPDATE: She had a Bellini tumor – very rare, and very low survival rates. Initially diagnosed in 2019). Here is an article from a couple of months ago. Hmmm. She was introduced … Read more
UPDATE: Dinesh D'Souza discusses this here Ayaan Hirsi Ali is an interesting person originally from Somalia – at the age of five she suffered female genital mutilation. She is married to the historian Niall Ferguson. I had heard of her – she was interviewed I think by Laura Ingraham a couple of years ago. Ayaan … Read more
This excerpt from The Chosen just went up on youtube. Just to give the setting, Jesus is on his way to see (and revive) the daughter of the synagogue official. This is in all three of the synoptic gospels (Mark, Luke and Matthew). There is some artistic license taken in this excerpt as earlier she … Read more
Manchin had also been the Governor of West Virginia and had won his Senate elections easily, despite coming from a generally Republican state. He was a sensible guy – a loss to the Senate. He would have been 77 years old when he'd be running next year but is in good shape. Senator Joe Manchin, … Read more
Here is the flyer. Brigid knows Marc Cheshire pretty well.
AWEF is a group started in Croton 20 years ago to support educational opportunities for young women in Africa. Their website is here www.awef.org and “it addresses the educational needs of women attending secondary school and professional schools in Angola, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.” Current number of young women being supported – 126. We … Read more
Here's a brief video and an article below on the subject – note the Petrine Principle and the Marian principle comment in the article! https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pope-francis-affirmsA woman “is not entitled to the Petrine principle, but to the Marian principle, which is more important,” Francis said. “So the fact that woman does not access ministerial … Read more
Heh. Brigid rarely sends stuff around but the dog lover in her got to her.