Vintage Media Collection Expanded

For some time now, I was thinking about expanding my
Vintage Media Collection to include printed material. Well, tonight I took the plunge, so
to speak.
Presenting the latest addition to the collection!

NunEssential: Planned Parenthood's Latest Propaganda

NunEssential: Planned Parenthood's Latest Propaganda: Lord, have mercy. Check out this article about Planned Parenthood's latest condom propaganda. Suffice it to say that their slogan is "sex...

Planned Parenthood? Sounds
more like Planned Promiscuity!

"nor shall you stand by idly"

One sentence, or rather part of a sentence, from the first reading this morning really
struck me:
"nor shall you stand by idly when your neighbor's life is at stake."
And, in this context, my neighbor is every unborn baby in danger of abortion.
I may not be able to attend Pro-life marches, or pray in front of an abortion clinic,
but I can support Priests For Life to the best of
my ability, and I can, and must use this blog to speak for those who cannot speak
for themselves.

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn

I'm reading  "Betty Smith: Life of the Author of A Tree Grows In Brooklyn" by Valerie Raleigh Yow,
and I've found out some things about that novel that really surprised me.
The original manuscript ended soon after Johnny Nolan's death, with Francie and Neely
cursing God.   Betty Smith had, indeed, written more, but she meant to use what came
after as a sequel.
The original manuscript was bawdier, and had several uses of the "F" word.
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn was the first modern adult (as opposed to juvenile) novel I
ever read; I was twelve at the time.  I've read the book many times since then.
Had the book been published as it was first written, I doubt that I would have read it
more than once.

Please Pray for Br. Leo Mary

Please pray that God will restore Br. Leo Mary, M.F.V.A., to full health. May he have, as the Jewish saying goes, a refuah shlema!

Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival

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

Semper Gaudete!: New Picture in Collection

Semper Gaudete!: Lent, 2012

Semper Gaudete!: Lovely Meditations on the Stations of The Cross

Semper Gaudete!: New Picture

Semper Gaudete!: That Makes TWO Pictures Today!

Semper Gaudete!: Homily 2012-02-22 - Fr Joseph Mary MFVA - Ash Wednesday

Semper Gaudete!: My First Ash Wednesday (reposted from last year)

Semper Gaudete!: Chotki

Semper Gaudete!: Adapting a Slogan

Semper Gaudete!: This is (was) Strange!

Semper
Gaudete!: Homily and Prayer Requests

Semper Gaudete!: New Picture Added

Semper Gaudete!: Books Read in the Past Week

Books Read in the Past Week

"Betty Smith
Life of the Author of
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn"#
by Valerie Raleigh Yow
[biography]
(carried over from last week, still not finished)


"The Way of a Pilgrim
and The Pilgrim Continues His Way"
author unknown.
Translated by Helen Bacovcin
Foreword by Walter J. Ciszek, S.J.
[Spirituality (Orthodox, Russian) Fiction? Non-fiction?]
(carried over from last week)

"The story of the Ingalls
What happened next to Laura's Family"#
by William Anderson
[biography]
{one of the most interesting parts was the
inclusion of a diary Laura's youngest sister,
Grace, kept when she was a girl.}

"Magnificent Obsessions
Twenty Remarkable Collectors in Pursuit of Their Dreams"#
by Mitch Tuchman
Photographs by Peter Brenner
[nonfiction]
{carrying over into next week}

"Chelsea and The Outrageous Phone Bill"
by Hilda Stahl
[children's fiction, Christian, Protestant {denomination(s) not specified}, series]
{carrying over into next week}