Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival

Join me and other Catholic bloggers at Sunday Snippets. Thanks once again to RAnn for hosting!

Semper Gaudete!: Independence Day

Semper Gaudete!: This Is Absolutely Heartbreaking!!!!!

Semper Gaudete!: Fibber McGee and Molly

Semper Gaudete!: Books Read in the Past Week

Books Read in the Past Week

"New Horizons"
"Visitor From The Sea"
by Dorothy Simpson
(children's fiction)

"When Sparrows Fall"
by Meg Moseley
(Christian fiction [Protestant])
{characters are not in a mainstream church}
Author's Website

"The Complete Book of Collecting Hobbies"
by Wm. Paul Bricker
(non-fiction)

Fibber McGee and Molly

I've just added an episode of "Fibber McGee and Molly" from 1939 to my Vintage Media collection.
I have to admit that I was a bit disappointed that it didn't include the running gag about Fibber's closet, but after doing some online research, I discovered that the closet gag wasn't introduced until 1940.
Hobbies can be educational, as well as fun!

This Is Absolutely Heartbreaking!!!!!

Click
HERE
for an article from the National Catholic Register.
I know I'm not the only one who is heartsick, but heartsick over this.
But is there anything, anything whatsoever to be thankful for in this situation?
Yes, actually, there is.
Thank God for all those who will now be praying harder than ever for John Corapi, and thank God for all the angels and saints fighting for him.
Satan will NOT have the last word!!!

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the Devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the power of God, cast into Hell Satan, and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.

Independence Day

Yes, this is Independence Day, but perhaps, in another sense, it
is also Dependence day. We, in the United States of America, have the blessings of freedom; that is our independence. But may we never forget that we are also dependent. We depend on God for everything.

Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival

Join me and other Catholic bloggers at Sunday Snippets. Many thanks to RAnn for hosting!

Semper Gaudete!: New Items

Semper Gaudete!: Summer Camp and "All-Of-A-Kind Family"

Semper Gaudete!: His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI is Tweeting!

Semper Gaudete!: 60th Anniversary

Semper Gaudete!: Books Read in the Past Week

Books Read in the Past Week

Weekdays:
"All-Of-A-Kind Family Uptown"
"Ella of All-Of-A-Kind Family"
by Sydney Taylor
(children's fiction)

"The Island's True Child
A Memoir of Growing Up On Criehaven"
by Dorothy Simpson
with additional text by her niece, Dorothy Elisabeth Simpson.
(biography/autobiography)
After Dorothy Simpson's death, her unpublished manuscripts were given to her niece, who writes in the forward:
"I was so moved by this story of my grandfather and his family that I had to share it with others.
Because Aunt Dot was such a skillful writer, we had to do very little to get her manuscript into publishable shape."

"The Honest Dollar"
"A Lesson For Janie"
"A Matter Of Pride"
by Dorothy Simpson
(children's fiction)

"The Home Has A Heart"
by Thyra Ferre Bjorn
[non-fiction, Christian (Protestant) themes,
anecdotes, recipes]
{July chapter only}