Truth is often stunning

From Huw Raphael: Sacrifice Your Babies… To save Former Canadian actors…

M.J. Fox shills to kill more babies so he can live. How nice.

You knew these shoes would drop

From the Sarasota Herald Tribune: Priest Foley accused is named again

Last week, the Rev. Anthony Mercieca said the only boy he ever had an inappropriate relationship with was Mark Foley, when the former congressman was an altar boy in Lake Worth in the mid-1960s.

On Wednesday, a second man came forward and accused the 72-year-old retired Catholic priest of molesting him while he was an altar boy at St. James Parish in Miami in the late 1970s…

…and

From USA Today: 2nd Florida priest charged with mishandling church money

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) —” The second of two Florida priests charged with spending church money on gambling trips, rare coins and a girlfriend has surrendered to authorities, his attorney said Monday.

The Rev. Francis B. Guinan, 63, returned to the United States on Sunday from a trip to Australia and was taken into custody in Miami, said his attorney, David Roth. He was to be released late Monday on $50,000 bond, Roth said.

Last month, authorities issued arrest warrants for the Rev. John A. Skehan, longtime pastor at St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church, and Guinan, his successor. Police say the two misused $400,000 in church funds. However, an audit conducted by the Diocese of Palm Beach alleges the pair misappropriated $8.7 million…

For whom shall I root?

I always seemed to have a Mets hat growing up. Never the Yankees —“ just the Mets. I often wondered why —“ but never really found out why.

During the NL Finals I wondered whether I should root for the Mets or the Cards.

You see, St. Louis is the team of the all time great Stan —The Man— Musial. St. Louis was home to the teams (both the Browns and the Cards) that appear to have signed the greatest number of Polish and Polish-American ballplayers (see my baseball page).

Thus the dilemma, root for the team someone in my family liked or the team of Stan the Man and my fellow travelers?

I decided to go with my ethnic leanings. The same applies to the Series – Go Cards!! (sorry Hamtramck)

In the same vein, who to cheer for in Dancing with the Stars? I’ve always liked Joey Lawrence’s partner Edyta Sliwinska. A beautiful, classic Polish woman, she seems to have gotten stuck with rather poor partners in past shows. Now she has a chance. I really like Mario Lopez and Emmitt Smith as well. They are all deserving of a win. The next few weeks will be tough.

All I have to say is thank goodness Sara Evans is gone. She danced like a mummy driving a Mack truck. She should have never lasted longer than Willa Ford.

Ecumenical Rosary

Our pastor and I were invited to participate in a recitation of a Rosary for Peace last night. The Rosary was held at St. Francis de Sales R.C. Church in Loudonville, NY.

It was a great service. The Rosary was recited in various languages. We were asked to do a decade in Polish. The first half of each prayer was said in the participant’s native language with the second part said in English. They covered Polish, German, Italian, various languages and dialects from the Philippines, and Korean. The Holy Eucharist was exposed and they held benediction at the end.

I found that my ability to sing in Latin has not been diminished.

The Church is extremely modern but they’ve added some nice touches here and there. The statuary was well done, there were various icons throughout the building, and they recently installed stained glass windows.

A great evening —“ and a great way to connect with our R.C. friends at St. Francis.