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Day 362 (yesterday) and Day 363 (today)—Said my Our Father for our country. Every day until… Join me. Let me know. Pass this on. If it’s not your “thing”, just be kind, let it be. On vacation with family at Deer Valley YMCA Family Camp in SW PA.

Day 361—Said my Our Father for our country. Every day until… Join me. Let me know. Pass this on. If it’s not your “thing”, just be kind, let it be. Visited Twin Ridges Wind Farm in SW PA.

Day 360—Said my Our Father for our country. Every day until… Join me. Let me know. Pass this on. If it’s not your “thing”, just be kind, let it be.

Day 359—Said my Our Father for our country. Every day until… Join me. Let me know. Pass this on. If it’s not your “thing”, just be kind, let it be. Arrived this evening for our annual week-long vacation Deer Valley YMCA Family Camp with my two daughter’s families including five grandsons.

The people who are losing the war of choice are going to eliminate the institutional knowledge of how to understand cultures and win wars. www.cbsnews.com/news/dod-pen...

Pentagon weighs eliminating civilian tenure at military academies and reviewing all curriculum, draft memo says

The Pentagon is considering a sweeping remake of military higher education, including an end to civilian tenure and a "line-by-line" review of courses, according to a draft memo obtained by CBS News.

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Football federations did more to stand up to Infantino and FIFA in a week than most Senate Republicans have stood up to Donald Trump in almost a decade.

Day 358—Said my Our Father for our country. Every day until… Join me. Let me know. Pass this on. If it’s not your “thing”, just be kind, let it be. Today is feast of Ignatius of Loyola, founder of Jesuits. This piece from today’s Give Us This Day talks about discernment, something we need today.

Uncomfortably honest Bergdorf Trojan Horse display: Our designer bags will sneak in and enslave you.

No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...

Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation

PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...

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European nations will boycott World Cup organizer FIFA if it presses forward with a sale to a Kushner investment group. “The World Cup cannot be treated as an investment product.”

Manuel Veth@manuelveth.bsky.social · 6d ago

The full UEFA statement. www.uefa.com/news-media/n...

Great 🧵

Jen Mercieca@jenmercieca.bsky.social · 6d ago

Teaching critical thinking: What evidence do you have to support your claim? How do you know that evidence is true? Have you considered the opposing evidence? How do you know that evidence is false?

Day 357—Said my Our Father for our country. Every day until… Join me. Let me know. Pass this on. If it’s not your “thing”, just be kind, let it be. “May the Lord give you peace.”—St. Francis of Assisi

Statement on the current status of Sister Leticia “Letty” Ugboaja’s immigration case.

Day 356—Said my Our Father for our country. Every day until… Join me. Let me know. Pass this on. If it’s not your “thing”, just be kind, let it be.

Abp Wester: “Anti-Muslim sentiment has no place in the heart of a Christian. Any hostility toward Muslims—whether expressed through rhetoric, suspicion, or opposition to their places of worship—is incompatible with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, who commands us to love our neighbor without exception.”

My brothers’s book recommendations (he’s a widely-admired, now retired, English teacher) are always worthwhile. If he says it’s one of the best he’s ever read, it’s well worth reading.

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@mysteriousbookshop.com bsky.app/profile/bkgl...

Day 355—Said my Our Father for our country. Every day until… Join me. Let me know. Pass this on. If it’s not your “thing”, just be kind, let it be.

Blessed Stanley Rother, pray for us!

Cc: @decentfilms.bsky.social

Baseball by BSmile@bsmile.bsky.social · last wk.

"In case you didn't know, the ball doesn't have to stop rolling before you can pick it up!!" ~ Charlie Brown --- "It was having a good time, and I didn't want to disturb it!" ~ Lucy van Pelt (Classic Peanuts - July 28, 1972) #Baseball

BENJI IS MISSING IN QUEENS: last seen near Flushing Ave and 60th St. in Flushing. He's 14 pounds and chipped: 985113009748585. If you've seen or found him please call 888-466-3242 and PLEASE RT BENJI!

A must-read for my Catholic friends (looking at @johnwfarrell.bsky.social) and for anyone who likes to laugh out loud reading a brutal pan of an insipid book. (Spoiler: the pathetic veep isn't the only "author" bulldozed by Matthew Walther. Gift link. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

J. D. Vance’s New Book Wasn’t Meant to Be Read

Why does "Communion" exist?

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The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and Catholic Archdiocese of Washington will be holding a mass of solidarity tomorrow at 6:00 pm at Our Lady of Sorrows in Takoma Park, MD. This Mass is being offered for the Haitian community and those impacted by changes to immigration policy.

We actually had the 16th highest mortality rate in the world and it largely resulted from the ignorant asshats who were *resisting* the common sense protection measures Fauci was promoting like masking and distancing. What a colossal asshole.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

RFK Jr: "Because of Dr Fauci's leadership and other reasons, we had the highest mortality rate from covid of any country in the world" #OtherReasons 🙃

Launching at 80 km/h from the back of a truck running at 80 km/h. Original post

Day 354—Said my Our Father for our country. Every day until… Join me. Let me know. Pass this on. If it’s not your “thing”, just be kind, let it be. Today the two young Conventual Franciscan friars of Our Lady of Angels Province made their Profession of First Vows. May the Lord give them peace.

cc: @bcfinucane.bsky.social

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67 boat strikes 221 people killed EXCLUSIVE: Operation Southern Spear has not reduced the volume, availability, purity or price of cocaine arriving in the U.S., according to an internal DEA assessment and a closed-door Pentagon briefing for senators, and has made enforcement more difficult

Elon Musk says he got "a little carried away" with DOGE. I'm in a meeting in Thailand w/Jesuit Refugee Service showing how "a little carried away" has starved tens of thousands & displaced millions from their lands. But hey... At least he got to be a trillionaire for a while, right?

Five months ago, on Feb. 26, 2026, the Strait of Hormuz was and open international waterway, as it had been for decades. Five months later, thanks to Trump's war, the Strait is closed, we've lost 18 service members and spent ~$100b, and the U.S. is neither as liked nor as trusted nor as feared.

This is the Jubilee Year of St. Francis of Assisi proclaimed by Pope Leo XIV. I am a Secular Franciscan, one of three orders founded by Francis. I gave a 10-minute presentation on The Franciscan Way at St. Francis of Assisi parish in Fulton, MD on July 12th. (Starts 6:15) youtu.be/7p7-8acOyOI?...

Jubilee Sunday - 12 July 2026 - Wisdom from St. Francis: The Franciscan Way

YouTube video by St.Francis of Assisi, Fulton MD

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