June 12, 2025 is a combination of a day honoring fathers for Fathers day and the Holy Trinity for Trinity Sunday. June 12 is also the anniversary honoring another group of people namely the boy scouts. In the midst of the fierce battle raging in Europe during World War 1, on June 15, 1916 United States President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter. In the Boy... Read more
There are so many Catholics writing so many things that it is hard to keep up, let alone catch up with everything from everybody writing, podcasting and youtubing. Well here is a sampling of some of the various content from a variety of different Catholics writing right now I found interesting and worth sharing. You will find Catholics considered liberal, conservative and everyone in between. The overall purpose of this post is to share what writing I believe shows the... Read more
In this essay I will talk about G.K. Chesterton and Cheese, the Pulitzer Prize, Lincoln, Bruce Springsteen and America, The latest General Audience from Pope Leo, Talk about new saints, Classic 19th Century Literature the Y.MC.A. and a tip about writing. “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” ― Ferris Bueller National Cheese Day When I was working at the nursing home yesterday, I gasped when I saw what... Read more
Last Time on HOARATS 1889 The Year Of Tolkien’s Wife | A List Of Famous And Not So Famous People Who Were Born And Who Died In 1889 The 1890’s is the decade that ends the 19th century and precedes the 20th century. It was the first full decade that gave us cinema, the adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Coke-a-Cola, The Story of a Soul, The Lizzie Borden murders, several new states that were added to the United States, the... Read more
Why do some people believe in Christianity and some don’t? G.K. Chesterton has some insights based on why he is a follower and believer in Christ and why he became Catholic. Perhaps it will give you some insight into your own reasons for what you believe. All these quotations are taken from Chesterton’s works which are now in the public domain. Why I Believe In Christianity If I am asked, as a purely intellectual question, why I believe in Christianity,... Read more
Normally the end of May on the 29th brings Catholics worldwide the feast day of St. Pope Paul VI . But instead this day is superseded with the celebration of the 2nd Glorious Mystery in which the pope had this to say. Today the martyrology offers this title to our feast: “In monte Oliveti Ascensio Domini nostri Iesu Christi”. The Ascension therefore attracts and fixes the gaze of our souls on this splendid and luminous figure of the Lord, who rises... Read more
1889 is the crossroads where the descendants, living persons and ancestors of previous, current and future influencers meet on the chronological timeline of earth’s history. 1889: A Year That Changed Art, Faith, And The World | A List Of Events In 1889. In the last several articles I highlighted Notable People Alive In 1889. And now we come to the actually people who were born in 1889. Including the birth of The 20th century’s most infamous mass murder. One of... Read more
My uncle-in-law just died of Cancer. I am going to his funeral on the day this particular essay is being published. My father-in-law John Nealon just suffered the death of his first sibling, in whom there are 5 in the family. At the wake of one of his friends who died recently, he remarked ‘It’s his generation’s time to die”. My friend Marshall lost his first sibling over a year ago. There are also 5 in his family. He has... Read more
My online friend Avellina Balestri has allowed me to reprint something she wrote on Facebook. Avellina Balestri is a Catholic author, editor, speaker, musician, and historian based in the scenic Pennsylvania-Maryland (Penn-Mar) borderlands, nearby the Gettysburg Battlefield and the National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton. Her Italian-American heritage is in synergy with her passion for spirituality and the arts. Avellina is the Editor-in-Chief of Fellowship & Fairydust, a literary magazine inspiring faith and creativity & exploring the arts through a... Read more
Life in 1889 1889 is the crossroads where the descendants, living persons and ancestors of previous, current and future influencers meet on the chronological timeline of Earth’s history. This is a extensive short list of some of the highlights of important events and people who lived and shaped that year. Including A new tourist site in France. The company that eventually gave us Super Mario Bros The forerunner of the modern pizza. A company that gave us the world’s favorite... Read more
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