A Saint from Richmond?

Now this I did not know! A couple of years ago, the Diocese of Richmond began the cause of Frank Parater, a seminarian from the Diocese who died in Rome at the North American College at the age of 23. George Weigel’s column on the Servant of God Frank Parater.

I could use some prayers

Later today I have to compose an email that will require all kinds of things I don’t do well, skills like tact and delicacy and gentleness and interpersonal sensitivity and telling-the-truth-in-love — you know, all that E.Q. stuff.

Ghostbusters!

I found the source of the ghost: a Little Golden Book in which the Sesame Street characters put on a play about feelings. To demonstrate “scared”, Telly Monster cowers under the bed while other Muppets wear costumes showing scary things like tigers and thunderstorms. Ernie is wearing a ghost costume (the bedsheet with cut out… Continue reading Ghostbusters!

Happy Blogiversary…..

…to Mark at Vociferous Yawpings. I think we could use a happier word than “blogiversary.” I nominate Father Johansen to coin one, since he did so well with “blug.”