Tom Faranda's Folly

No sense sugar coating it. I reviewed Peterson's great book here – Recent Read: "12 Rules for Life, an Antidote to Chaos"  

With Jeanne Marie and Damian Gagnon, but we only got pictures of ourselves! Bad on me. But having watched the first half of Alien last year, they did get to see the second half this time around. Alien crew shown below. … the haunted house in space genre. Very appropriate for Halloween. Here’s a 30 … Read more

From America Magazine, the Jesuit publication. With an explanation from the priest who refused communion to the pro-abortion politician. "Sadly, this past Sunday, I had to refuse holy Communion to former Vice President Joe Biden," Father Robert Morey wrote in a statement responding to queries from the Florence Morning News. "Holy Communion signifies we are … Read more

UPDATE: Wow! Those are ugly legs … So ten weeks ago today I had my surgery – Michael Gott who has been following me with the gel shots for almost three years did the work.  And I am very happy with the results. For other Faranda family surgery see below the pictures. The knee is … Read more

He could make the same pronouncement regarding CNN – or Sean Hannity… Great last line of the announcement. "Frankly, if you watch those women bickering, that's punishment enough," said Pope Francis in a speech. He declared that your time will be tallied up by the angels, who will then mark that off as though you'd … Read more

Only a junior, but even Kentucky has come calling. http://westchester.news12.com/story/41198600/adrian-griffin-jr-stepinacs-super-recruit And here he is last year as a sophomore – he plays guard –

Fresco of St. Ignatius from Hosios Loukas Monastery, Boeotia, Greece An important early Church leader who was martyred in 107. On his way to Rome he sent seven important letters which “correspondence now forms a central part of the later collection known as the Apostolic Fathers, of which he is considered one of the three … Read more

THE PICTURE: Is probably the closest image of her that exists. It was painted in 1576 when she was 61. Teresa did not like it; said it made her “look like an old hag.” One of the truly great Catholic mystics, and one of the first women – the other is Catherine of Siena – … Read more

It’s five minute to read  & the reviewer liked the book. Review: A brief life of John Henry Newman

St. Anthony’s, of course a powerhouse team from Long Island. But not this past Saturday playing Stepinac on Stepinac home turf… Some really good video. Stepinac 42, St. Anthony’s 7