Cubs Legend Ron Santo Dies
A sad day for Cubs fans as their former nine time All Star third baseman and longtime broadcaster, Ron Santo has died at the age of 70. Santo holds a…
God Bless This Mess
Reflection for the Advent Service for the Catholic Charities Volunteer Service Corps here in Buffalo. (Dumps garbage on the floor) What a mess! Who’s going to clean this mess up?…
Never Forget
“The Peace Corps left today and my heart sank low. The danger is extreme and they were right to leave… Now I must assess my own position, because I am…
Living Without for Advent
Paulist Father Frank DeSiano, CSP has moving and challenging words for us this advent. A snip: How often, though, do we imaging being without something? What a stretch of imagination…
Nice Job Outta the Catholic League
Because I am the King of Fairness… I liked this return serve by the Catholic League to the atheist billboard we spoke about last week: The New York Times added:…
raise your latkes in the air, and swing’em like you just don’t care
Tonight begins Hanukkah. And so the Maccabeats explode with this hysterical tune! Happy Hanukkah to all of our Jewish brothers and sisters and most especially to my Brother and sister…
Crucifix Video Removed After Catholic League Complains
Bill Donahue is at it again. Our friends at the Washington Post give us the scoop: Officials at the National Portrait Gallery on Tuesday removed a work of video art…
Flurries from Heaven
Today we have the first sign of snow in Western New York as we start our December. It made me recall an article I wrote for BustedHalo® many moons ago.…
My Saint Andrew
So today is the feast day of St. Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter and the first to recognize the messiah. He was a fisherman who became a fisher of…
Should We Hold Off Decorating Until Christmas?
Deacon Greg pointed me to this pastoral letter by Bishop John Wester of Utah (who I’ve met a few times when he was in California–good guy!) regarding celebrating Advent during…