Tom Faranda's Folly

This is a continuation of this interview An interview with Stepinac alumni and major donor, actor Jon Voight   which I posted Tuesday. Very worth watching –

UPDATE: There was a a Part 2 of the interview – very fascinating, as he talks about his role in the great movie Coming Home, among other things. Will post it if it goes onto youtube. I like Jon Voight (and daughter Angelina Jolie); don't think much of the guy interviewing him. Voight turns 81 … Read more

Half of Farandaville (Tim and myself) are graduates of Stepinac. The other half – Brigid ineligible as a woman – and living in England for her HS years  – and Joe a Fordham Prep grad. My impression of difference between Fordham Prep and Stepinac: Fordham Prep – Chardonnay Stepinac – beer and a shot Here's … Read more

I am not sure where he stopped first (UPDATE – stopped at Nagasaki first) – these are each three minutes long. The first is at Hiroshima – 80,000 instant deaths and 60,000 later.    And here he's at Nagasaki – by the way, the center of Catholicism in Japan and a place where many were … Read more

Here's the full message: Pope asks people of Japan to protect life, ahead of Apostolic Journey  

A Benedictine, and a scholar. Here is a more extensive bio -  St. Gertrude then what I've put below. St. Gertrude the Great (1256-1302), also known as Gertrude of Helfta, was born on the feast of Epiphany in Thuringia (modern Germany). She was sent to be educated at the Benedictine monastery in Helfta at the … Read more

This is from Franciscan media – Saint Josaphat’s Story In 1595, the Orthodox bishop of Brest-Litovsk in present-day Belarus and five other bishops representing millions of Ruthenians, sought reunion with Rome. John Kunsevich—who took the name Josaphat in religious life—was to dedicate his life, and die for the same cause. Born in what is now … Read more

Fr. Jack is a Capuchin Friar (Capuchins a branch of the Franciscans) who has had an association with my parish of Holy Name of Mary in Croton for over 40 years. Because of various assignments with his province he has not always been with us, but he is a wonderful contributor and dear friend to … Read more

Thanks to Maria C. for sending me this – and you need to hit the link for pictures. Pretty cool. In the river town of Croton-on-Hudson, about an hour’s drive from Midtown Manhattan, property is prized for its dramatic water views. Resolution: 4 Architecture (RES4), a New York–based firm founded by Joseph Tanney and Robert … Read more

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