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Retired Catholic High School Teacher. Avid Reader. College Sports Fan. Go Irish! World Traveler. I Don't Do Well With Boredom, So I've Decided Everything Is Interesting.
Let's play some football!
November 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Let's play some football!
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If you are unaware of the absolute horrific tragedy that is happening in our first person communities please take a few minutes to become informed. If this was blond haired blue-eyed people we would have declared a national emergency and be throwing an inexhaustible amount of resources at this.
Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
oklahomawatch.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
If you are unaware of the absolute horrific tragedy that is happening in our first person communities please take a few minutes to become informed. If this was blond haired blue-eyed people we would have declared a national emergency and be throwing an inexhaustible amount of resources at this.
Haven't heard anyone barking about not giving this guy communion.
US 'border czar' Tom Homan calls US bishops 'wrong' after immigration statement www.ncronline.org/news/white-h...
US 'border czar' Tom Homan calls US bishops 'wrong' after immigration statement www.ncronline.org/news/white-h...
US 'border czar' Tom Homan calls US bishops 'wrong' after immigration statement
" … I'm also saying this as a Catholic, I think they need to spend time fixing the Catholic Church," the Trump administration official said.
www.ncronline.org
November 17, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Haven't heard anyone barking about not giving this guy communion.
US 'border czar' Tom Homan calls US bishops 'wrong' after immigration statement www.ncronline.org/news/white-h...
US 'border czar' Tom Homan calls US bishops 'wrong' after immigration statement www.ncronline.org/news/white-h...
Vatican Media released "Leo from Chicago" this morning. It's awesome. I can't stop smiling. Watch it.
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Vatican Media released "Leo from Chicago" this morning. It's awesome. I can't stop smiling. Watch it.
I wonder how many Catholics in the United States never see a letter like this from their parish priest.
November 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I wonder how many Catholics in the United States never see a letter like this from their parish priest.
I just came back from seeing Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein. I've never seen a movie so completely soil a great book. The ending is so bad, I wanted to laugh out loud, but I didn't want to offend the woman sobbing behind me. Read the novel. It's beautiful.
November 7, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I just came back from seeing Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein. I've never seen a movie so completely soil a great book. The ending is so bad, I wanted to laugh out loud, but I didn't want to offend the woman sobbing behind me. Read the novel. It's beautiful.
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Happy Feast of the Saints and Blessed of the Society of Jesus! May they pray for you and be your models of Christian life. AMDG.
Image: Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York.
Image: Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York.
November 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Happy Feast of the Saints and Blessed of the Society of Jesus! May they pray for you and be your models of Christian life. AMDG.
Image: Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York.
Image: Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York.
This is a fascinating read.
After Pope Leo XIV's election, NCR spoke with cardinal electors and influential cardinal non-electors who witnessed the inner dynamics of the conclave and the pre-conclave days. They shared what ultimately led them to Leo.
Inside the conclave, Part 1: How an American missionary became Pope Leo XIV
After Pope Leo XIV's election, NCR spoke with cardinal electors and influential cardinal non-electors who witnessed the inner dynamics of the conclave and the pre-conclave days. They shared what ultim...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This is a fascinating read.
My new travel Mary's are up!
November 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
My new travel Mary's are up!
In act of reparation, Franciscan sisters return land to Chippewa Indians in Wisconsin www.ncronline.org/act-reparati...
In act of reparation, Franciscan sisters return land to Chippewa Indians in Wisconsin
They sold it for about 1% of its appraised value of $2.6 million value, citing their role in colonialism and residential boarding schools.
www.ncronline.org
November 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
In act of reparation, Franciscan sisters return land to Chippewa Indians in Wisconsin www.ncronline.org/act-reparati...
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They fear speech.
Wole Soyinka, Nigerian Nobel laureate and Trump critic, says US visa revoked
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
Wole Soyinka, Nigerian Nobel laureate and Trump critic, says US visa revoked
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
Wole Soyinka, Nigerian Nobel laureate and Trump critic, says US visa revoked
Soyinka, 91, who recently compared US president to Idi Amin, says ‘I have no visa – I am banned’
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:25 AM
They fear speech.
Wole Soyinka, Nigerian Nobel laureate and Trump critic, says US visa revoked
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
Wole Soyinka, Nigerian Nobel laureate and Trump critic, says US visa revoked
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
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More like this www.osvnews.com/bishop-jesui...
Bishop, Jesuits reject Hegseth decision to honor soldiers who massacred Lakota at Wounded Knee - OSV News
A South Dakota bishop and a Jesuit community have countered a recent decision to retain awards for soldiers who killed hundreds of Lakota men, women and children at Wounded Knee in 1890.
www.osvnews.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:26 AM
More like this www.osvnews.com/bishop-jesui...
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"My prayer from day to day is that God will so enlarge my heart that I will see you all, and live with you all, in his love." #DorothyDay #LiveTheGospel #LoveEachOther
October 28, 2025 at 12:16 PM
"My prayer from day to day is that God will so enlarge my heart that I will see you all, and live with you all, in his love." #DorothyDay #LiveTheGospel #LoveEachOther
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Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
October 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
I collect Mary's. Scored some new ones on our trip because clearly I needed more.
October 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I collect Mary's. Scored some new ones on our trip because clearly I needed more.
Last day in Malta, so I took a swim in the Mediterranean and then sat by the pool and drank a beer. Then, the Hubs and I took a walk and had ice cream. Heck of a last day!
October 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Last day in Malta, so I took a swim in the Mediterranean and then sat by the pool and drank a beer. Then, the Hubs and I took a walk and had ice cream. Heck of a last day!
Oh, and next to the Church in Mosta, Malta, with the unexploded World War II bomb ... a bomb shelter.
October 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Oh, and next to the Church in Mosta, Malta, with the unexploded World War II bomb ... a bomb shelter.
Other beautiful sites in Malta: Rabat, Mdina, and Mosta.
October 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Other beautiful sites in Malta: Rabat, Mdina, and Mosta.
And then there's the story of an unexploded bomb during World War II that hit a church in Mosta, Malta.
Rotunda of Mosta - Wikipedia share.google/e4WXDspIuzyC...
Rotunda of Mosta - Wikipedia share.google/e4WXDspIuzyC...
October 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
And then there's the story of an unexploded bomb during World War II that hit a church in Mosta, Malta.
Rotunda of Mosta - Wikipedia share.google/e4WXDspIuzyC...
Rotunda of Mosta - Wikipedia share.google/e4WXDspIuzyC...
Only ever saw one of these on an episode of "Mash": A Foundling Wheel. Malta.
October 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Only ever saw one of these on an episode of "Mash": A Foundling Wheel. Malta.
Churches around Rabat and Mdina today in Malta.
October 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Churches around Rabat and Mdina today in Malta.
Hagar Qim Temple: Malta.
October 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Hagar Qim Temple: Malta.
Scored some ricotta cheese and pea puree pastizzi's for lunch today in Rabat. Malta, you taste good.
October 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Scored some ricotta cheese and pea puree pastizzi's for lunch today in Rabat. Malta, you taste good.
Beautiful hibiscus flower in Mdina, Malta.
October 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Beautiful hibiscus flower in Mdina, Malta.
Door knockers in Mdina, Malta.
October 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Door knockers in Mdina, Malta.