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  • Halloween and the Legend of the Jack-O-Lantern

    By Larry Peterson   Long ago in Ireland, the land of shamrocks, leprechauns, soft winds and smiles, there lived a man named  Jack. Jack was quite lazy and did not like to work. But he had the gift of “blarney” and could talk the peat off the moss. He would tell wondrous tales about his adventures Read more

  • St. Vincent de Paul— (Feast day September 27) Some facts about his life you may not know

    By Larry Peterson I was a member of the St. Vincent de Paul Society for twenty-five years. At present I am not active but being part of this organization has allowed me to interact and work with the least and most marginalized of God’s people. My affiliation with the society has allowed me to experience Read more

  • Pope St. Pius X: His motto was “Restore all things in Christ” and he did his best to do just that.

    By Larry Peterson The two most beloved Popes of the twentieth century lived during the beginning and at the end of that century. We all know of Pope St. John Paul II who guided the Church from 1978 into the new millennium. However, not as many people know about the man who became pope during Read more

  • The Dormition of the Blessed Virgin preceded her Assumption; What does that mean?

      By Larry Peterson On November 1, 1950, Pope Pius XII, writing and speaking ex-cathedra, solemnly defined in the Apostolic Constitution Munificentissimus Deus, the dogma that  “the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever-virgin Mary, having completed the course of  her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory.” We know this as the Read more

  • Anti-Semitism? Its evil stench can last forever

      The Anti-Semitism epidemic taking place in the streets of America  is heartbreaking   By Larry Peterson Anti-Semitism Nightmares were created years before I remember that Friday night long ago very well. The screaming started about midnight. It was September, and the windows were still open because it was hot, and the screaming seemed exceptionally Read more

  • A Caregiver Remembers:

    Alzheimer’s Victim   public domain     By Larry Peterson The President of the United States is seriously ill and no one seems to care Prelude: This is about Dementia. I have witnessed, as have millions of others, the President of the United States, stumbling and mumbling and seemingly in a daze for months. Ongoing discussions Read more