Tom Faranda's Folly

Good heavens! The implication – white women are stupid!? Sounds like a Saturday Night Live skit. Can't you just go away…  

From the Jesuit magazine America. A little excerpt but worth hitting the link. I joined the Jesuit Volunteer Elder Corps at 68—and never looked back. When the acceptance letter arrived, I was elated. But doubts were close behind. Would I be able to give up my antiques, the moon on Lake Michigan, the symphony? I … Read more

As the Sisters try and retain their property. As FOX 11 reported on the legal battle between local nuns and Katy Perry over a Los Feliz convent, we learned that one of the nuns involved in the case collapsed and died Friday during a court proceeding related to the case.  

Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, murdered in March, 1980 for speaking out for the poor and against the injustice of the Salvadoran Government. A true martyr. Will be interesting to find out the miracle attributed to him. The picture is of him in 1941, at the age of 24.  

I already posted here about Tim’s school winning their Conference Championship. The two throwers on the men’s team are Tim – who is good – but Rickssen is REALLY good. Like ranked #7 in the state among college shot throwers. Here are a couple pictures and then videos of both Tim and Rickssen. A couple … Read more

Interesting that Trump was with his father at a Billy Graham Yankee Stadium rally way back in 1957.  

This is a wonderful column. I've excerpted most of it below the link. He had an ability to reach across denominational lines and ‘speak to the common believing heart.’ You know the miraculous life of Louis Zamperini, whose story was told in Laura Hillenbrand’s epic, lovely book, “Unbroken.” Louis was the delinquent, knockabout son of … Read more

The man's body is still warm but the NYT has to give an opinion on his failings. The author is an emeritus professor at the University of California, Berkley. No doubt this column has been ready to go for a while. Says more about the NY Times than about Billy Graham. Billy Graham’s Missed Opportunities … Read more

League President Bill Donohue comments – REV. BILLY GRAHAM, R.I.P. Bill Donohue comments on the death of Rev. Billy Graham: Growing up Catholic in New York in the 1950s, the Catholic we most identified with was Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, the first televangelist. The Protestant we most clearly revered was Rev. Billy Graham. In both … Read more

The greatest day of her my life. No pictures from that day – we met at a party I was having at my flat in Mandeville, Jamaica. I had seen her a couple of times around town. Here’s Brigid about a year later, and several months before we got married, at a place called “Lover’s … Read more