Tom Faranda's Folly

Since Tim needed two cars to get his stuff back, I went over with him to St. Thomas Aquinas College – it’s only a 35 minute ride. I was only there about half an hour. Picking up his keys outside the dorm – And here’s Tim and Joe at Memphis Mae’s where we went for … Read more

I believe Fr. Martin, who is a Jesuit and worked on Wall Street before becoming one, spent some time with the Missionary Sisters of Charity. If you go here – a review I did of the book "Come Be My Light" you can find out a little bit more about her struggles.

UPDATE: Suggestion from the Catholic League – “The Catholic League urges everyone to wear Blue and White on Sunday in honor of Mother Teresa’s canonization.” “ In Mother Teresa’s case, a woman in India whose stomach tumor disappeared and a man in Brazil with brain abscesses who awoke from a coma both credited their dramatic … Read more

Click on the name if you’re unfamiliar with Midnight Run. And here’s a kind of interesting (I think) picture, with the Herald Square clock in the foreground and Empire State building behind.

In Peru, at the famous site two days ago – actually Joe took the picture – that’s Brigid on the left and my brother Jim’s wife Maria on the right. In the middle, Nancy and Arthur, two friend’s of Jim. Brigid and Joe get back next Tuesday from their 12 day trip.

Yesterday they drove to Washington DC to meet up with my brother Jim and his wife Maria – who is from Peru. They fly out today to Lima and also going to Cusco and Machu Picchu. Both very excited about the trip as well they should be. Tom and Tim not so fortunate – we … Read more

A fascinating woman who was killed in Auschwitz on this day in 1942. She was a convert from Judaism, which she had abandoned for atheism at a young age. But then … A brilliant philosopher who stopped believing in God when she was 14, Edith Stein was so captivated by reading the autobiography of Teresa … Read more

Fr. Jacques Hamel. In his homily at the martyred priest’s funeral Mass on Tuesday, Rouen’s Archbishop Dominique Lebrun gave details of the last moments of the priest’s life as he was slaughtered for his Christian faith. “Evil is a mystery that reaches summits of horror beyond what is human,” the Archbishop said. “Is that not … Read more

Pope Francis has said that what he calls gender theory – “that everyone can choose their own sex” – is “the exact opposite” of God’s creation. In a meeting with Polish bishops during World Youth Day, whose transcript was released yesterday by the Vatican, the Pope said there were powerful institutions which funded the spread … Read more