Tom Faranda's Folly

Here he is with his last Montessori class. Yay Joe!

One of the six patron saints of Europe. St. Bridget (1303-1373) was born into a devout and prestigious family in Sweden. Her father was a governor, judge, and one of the wealthiest landowners in the country. Bridget received an excellent religious education, and from a young age demonstrated a great capacity for holiness. She even … Read more

This is a very good short video. Francis Collins, MD. PhD. wrote a great book a few years ago, which I reviewed and posted about here and on amazon.  Latest read: The Language of God  The video is only seven minutes long and is an interview.  

I already posted about this sad/horrible/tragic situation here  The Scandal of Cardinal McCarrick  and here. Jesuit magazine addresses the abuses of Cardinal McCarrick Here's the editorial. Link shouldn't have a paywall. The Editors: The Catholic Church should not be shocked by the McCarrick case—it should be ashamed. The Catholic Church cannot pretend to be shocked … Read more

Thanks to Marco for this. I understand it’s an old one. Maybe Dangerfield?

Haha. Something he's done for years. Kavanaugh performed the frightening display of religious devotion alongside an organized group of radicalized Catholics, whose extremist mission appears to be helping the needy. Local news crews leaped out of the bushes and caught him in the act, asking him, “What do you have to say for yourself, BIGOT?” … Read more

This is tragic. I wasn’t familiar with the youtube channel, which has over 500,000 subscribers. UPDATE: The Washington Post has an article. They may have been used to taking risky chances. Three well-known members of the YouTube channel ‘High On Life’ died Tuesday while hiking at Shannon Falls in Squamish, British Columbia. Ryker Gamble, Alexy … Read more

Rylai the chinchilla is a new Mom as of past Sunday. Baby is dead ringer for Mom. The proud father is Spiderman, who seems eager to try again. He’s been moved into a separate cage. Here are a few more pix. No name yet and not sure if a boy or girl. Joe will be … Read more

UPDATE: Facebook corrected and apologized. Right. Only part of it – not the whole thing. Hit the link to find which part was "hate." In the week of America’s Independence Day, the algorithms of Facebook decided that the Declaration of Independence was hate speech. The Liberty County Vindicator, a community newspaper between Houston and Beaumont, … Read more

This is a letter sent this morning by the Cardinal through the Archdiocese flocknote email system. Sorry for the weird formatting – it's the best I could do with a cut and paste job. I was able to move the two embedded pictures; they are at the end. Some good information about what Catholic Charities … Read more