Happy Mother Cabrini Day Everybody. There used to be a time when people thought the earth was the center of the universe and that the sun revolved around it. Thanks to a Catholic scientist named Nicolaus Copernicus we discovered the opposite was true. There was a time when Europe used to think of itself as the center of the universe. Despite what many people think of this man, thanks to Christopher Columbus we discovered that that is not true. When... Read more
July 18, 1970– All 23 persons on board a Soviet plane, carrying relief supplies for victims of the May earthquake in Peru, were killed when the Antonov An-22 cargo plane crashed into the North Atlantic Ocean after its departure from Iceland. The aircraft would be the object of a multinational search, until debris were located by a Russian trawler on July 26. On July 18, 1970, 50 Years later the Catholic Bard published the 49th post of it’s short carrier... Read more
This Post 100 Posts and 100 Years Ago… This Year… 2020 This is the year of the great Covid-19 pandemic in which our society closed down and a lot of people died. This is the year that these books were published. The Church’s Best Kept Secret by Mark Shea, The Ickabog by J. K. Rowling (coming in November) This is the first kids book to be released by Ms. Rowling since the last Harry Potter. Frightliner and Other Tales of... Read more
When a person ponders deeply the reality of Jesus and who He is, one cannot help but be on set on fire for Him. This fire engulfs one’s entire fiber of being. For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Hebrews 4:12 The fire of God’s word lets us know how to live in... Read more
Young Christian Lucia of Syracuse (283–304) was engaged to a wealthy pagan young man which quickly ended when he denounced her to Paschasius, the Governor of Syracuse. Her betrothed didn’t much like the fact that his bride to be was distributing her family’s riches to the poor. It probably didn’t help that she wanted to remain a virgin and she was also one of those pesky annoying Christians. The Governor told her to sacrifice to the emperor’s image in which... Read more
St. Therese and the Hidden Life Exposed 1925 In Theaters The first version of Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ is released. May 20th – C. S. Lewis is elected a fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, where he tutors in English language and literature until 1954. May 21st- St. Peter Canisius becomes the 25th Doctor of the Church. March 25th – Catholic author Flannery O’Connor (March 25, 1925 – August 3, 1964) is born. June 7th- Venerable Matt Talbot (May 2, 1856 –June 7,... Read more
Mary Anne died in 1858. Ellen Howley was born in 1794 and died in 1887. She is buried with William Lavelle and his wife Katherine. John Devine is buried with his family but I don’t know when. There is no date on the gravestone. May all their souls rest in peace. There is a grave yard near my house that sometimes my wife and I walk to. We walk around, pray for the dead and wonder who they were. All... Read more
In our posts 50 Years of Catholic History During My Life: The First 25 and 50 Years of Catholic History During My Life: The Next 25 we chronicled the history surrounding our life during those 50 years. We also named historic events in the world and the church. We mentioned different Catholics both living and deceased. We mentioned popes, saints, doctors of the church, writers, entertainers, and various other Catholics. I’ve mentioned youthful saints like Italians Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati... Read more
Our Catholic world is filled with interesting and fantastic stories of ordinary and extraordinary people, places and things. In the words of Ferris Buller, who wisely said, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” I don’t want you to miss knowing about these particular individuals I’m going to introduce to you in this article. In my post Laborers in the Vineyard of the Lord I introduced you to 12 saints... Read more
The church is always changing and growing in the understanding of the deposit of faith handed on by Jesus to the apostles and then to all his successors. Each new generation of Catholics has to grapple with unchanging truth applied to their own time and place. Vatican 2 through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit took that guidance and helped craft documents that would help the modern church deal with the modern world. While truth doesn’t change, times, situations, and... Read more
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