Novena of Reparation

Please join me in praying this Novena
in reparation for Roe V. Wade.
And let's also pray that we will soon be offering prayers of THANKSGIVING for
the REVERSAL of that horrible decision!

Homily 2012-01-11 - Fr Joseph Mary MFVA

Football, overcoming obstacles, and two books I'm definitely buying!

A New Tradition?

A few weeks ago, I learned that there is a "Pippi Longstocking" book that I had never heard of before, a picture book called Pippi Longstocking's After-Christmas Party. It was published in Sweden in 1950, but didn't become available here until the 1990s.
As soon as I became aware of the book's existence, I just HAD to order a copy.
When the book arrived, I put it aside to read after Christmas. That seemed
appropriate!
As I said, the book is a picture book, just one short story. But it was, to me, as
enjoyable as the full-length Pippi books.
I think I will read this book every year, at the beginning of Ordinary Time.

I HAVE to Share This

Lifetime Achievement Award
Michael Verdi is my nephew-in-law. My niece is bragging about this
on Facebook. Can't say that I blame her; I'd be crowing like a rooster and
strutting like a peacock!

Enigma Device

This is another website I enjoy. I don't,
however, always agree with the quotations.
I'm thinking of adding a GAMES AND PUZZLES page to this blog.

Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival

Join me and a growing group of Catholic bloggers at Sunday Snippets. Thanks to RAnn for hosting.

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Semper Gaudete!: Great Homily from Fr. Wade Menezes CPM

Semper Gaudete!: Homily 2012-01-05 - Fr Wade Menezes CPM - St John Neumann - Bishop

Semper Gaudete!: The Name Was The Same


Semper Gaudete!: New Picture Added to Collection

Semper Gaudete!: Books Read in the Past Week

Books Read in the Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #

"Olivia and the Little Way"#
by Nancy Belanger
[children's fiction, religious, Catholic]
{Sunday book}

Little Clearing in the Woods"
"On Top of Concord Hill"
by Maria D. Wilkes
[children's fiction, series, historical, biographical, family]

"The Peddler's Clock"#
by Mabel Leigh Hunt
[children's fiction, historical, family]
(Open Library loan)
{This turned out to be a picture book, very quickly read.}

"A Little Girl of Nineteen Hundred"
by Lois Lenski
[children's fiction, historical, probably autobiographical]
{the last time I read this was years ago, in the Children's Reference Room at the Donnell
Library Center.}

"Home in the Hills"
by Letha Boyer
[fiction, series, teacher, family, Ozarks]
{carrying over into next week}