FAVORITE / BEST CHRISTMAS CAROL # 11 "THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY"...............

THE 7TH DAY OF CHRISTMAS AND 2015 : THE YEAR IN REVIEW - INTERPERSONALLY, DOMESTICALLY, LOCALLY, CULTURALLY, NATIONALLY, GLOBALLY, A.D. / B.C.E.

FAVORITE / BEST CHRISTMAS CAROL # 12 - "DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR ?...............

ON THIS 6TH DAY OF CHRISTMAS LET US PONDER 2015 AND THE YEAR IN REVIEW IN RELIGION, FAITH, SPIRITUALITY AND MINISTRY...............

BEST / FAVORITE CHRISTMAS CAROL #13 - "O CHRISTMAS TREE" (O TANNENBAUM)...............

ONE OF THE PRIMATIAL CAPPINGSTONE CULTURAL EVENTS OF 2015 : THE 38th ANNUAL "KENNEDY CENTER HONORS" BROADCAST ON CBS TELEVISION TONIGHT WITH TRIBUTES AND ACCOLADES TO CAROLE KING; GEORGE LUCAS; SEIJI OKAWA; RITA MORENO; CICELY TYSON...............(THE EAGLES postponed until 2016 HONORS)

THE 5TH DAY OF CHRISTMAS - HOW THOROUGHLY ARE WE PROCEEDING IN THE SPIRIT AND TRUTH OF OUR SAVIOR's HOLY BIRTH AS FAITHFUL WITNESSES LIKE ST. THOMAS A BECKET IS ?

BEST / FAVORITE CHRISTMAS # 14 - "I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS" / "THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS"

THE 4TH DAY OF CHRISTMAS AND THE HOLY INNOCENT INFANTS WHO WERE KILLED IN HEROD'S RAGE OVER THE BIRTH OF THE CHRIST CHILD...............

BEST / FAVORITE CHRISTMAS CAROL # 15 - "ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH"...............

MAKE TODAY A DAY FOR FAMILY - A VERY HAPPY PARISH FEAST DAY HOLY FAMILY PARISH, CITRUS HEIGHTS CALIFORNIA USA

AT THE VERY HEART OF CHRISTMAS IS FAMILY...TODAY's 3rd DAY OF CHRISTMAS FOCUS IS THE FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY - OUR FAMILY IN GOD...............

FAVORITE / BEST CHRISTMAS CAROL # 16 "JINGLE BELLS" & "FELIZ NAVIDAD"...............

ANOTHER WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS DINNER WITH THE GEACH-MORAN-BRATT FAMILY (ies) and their FRIEND CARLENE IN ELK GROVE...............

OUR CELEBRATION OF CHRISTMAS IS FAR MORE THAN A DECEMBER FRONTLOADED AND 48 HOUR FEVERINO; THIS CHRISTMAS IS A 17 DAY SEASON OF JOY. PEACE AND LOVE. HOW WILL YOU PROCEED IN AUTHENTICALLY OBSERVING ITS FULLNESS ?...............

CHRISTMAS DAY MASS DURING THE DAY PROCLAIMS, "THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH AND DWELLS AMONG US AS GOD OF THE UNIVERSE AND THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD...............

CHRISTMAS DAY MASS @ DAWN : THE NATIVITY STORY OF THE CHILD JESUS AHD THE HOLY FAMILY...............

CHRISTMAS EVE MIDNIGHT MASS : MARY JOSEPH AND THE IMMINENTLY BORN INFANT FULFILL THE EMPEROR CAESAR AUGUSTUS' COMMAND OF A CENSUS...............

BEST AND FAVORITE CHRISTMAS CAROL THIS YEAR # 17 - "IT CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR"...............

THE VIGIL OF CHRISMAS :THE LORD JESUS' LENGTHY GENEALOGY ROOTED IN THE HOUSE OF DAVID...............

THIS CHRISTMAS EVE BRINGS A RENEWED GIFT OF ACCOMMODATION AND EMPOWERMENNT: THE APPOINTMENT WITH MY PROSETHIST FOR THE FITTING OF MY NEXT ORTHOTIC RIGHT LEG...............

THE EVE OF THE EVE OF CHRISTMAS DAY WITH THE PENNINGTONS...............

DONALD TRUMP GOES FROM BRASH, RUDE, CHAUVINISTIC AND PREJUDICIAL TO NASTY AND PRURIENT IN HIS CONTROVERSIAL INTENTIONALLY POLITICALLY INCORRECT SPEECHES AND COMMENTS ON HIS PRESIDENTIAL OPPONENTS - YET STILL LEADS THE 2016 REPUBLICAN FIELD FOR PRESIDENT...............

SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR LINSDEY GRAHAM PULLS OUT OF GOP 2016 WHITE HOUSE RACE...REPUBLICAN FRONTRUNNER DONALD TRUMP CALLS DEMOCCRATIC FRONTRUNNER HILLARY CLINTON A "LIAR"...............

RIGOROUS RAIN RETURNS TO RIVER CITY...............

A WONDERFUL PRE-CHRISTMAS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITH THE MCNAMARA, GAU AND ELLIOTT FAMILIES IN LAGUNA CELEBRATING FRANK MCNAMARA''S BIRTHDAY...............

THE 4TH SUNDAY OF ADVENT 2015-2016 : IMMEDIATE READINESS FOR THE COMING OF JESUS OUR LORD AND SAVIOR THIS CHRISTMAS...............

AS THE CHRISTMAS WINTER HOLIDAYS BEGIN FOR STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS LET US REMEMBER TO CONCENTRATE ON THE ESSENTIALS OF FAMILY, FAITH AND FELLOWSHIP...............

MY LAMBDA CHI BROTHER BOB BUTCHER MARRIED; MY PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER MA GEORGIA DIED ON THIS DATE IN 1982...............

ONE WEEK TO GO IN OUR COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS 2015-16...............

BLESSINGS PRAYERS AND UNITY WITH YOU ON YOUR BIRTHDAY POPE FRANCIS...............

INSPIRATIONAL YOUTH UPSTART SINGER JORDAN SMITH OF TEAM ADAM WHO SANG CHRISTMAS CAROL, "MARY DID YOU KNOW ?" ON MONDAY'S FINALE WINS THE VOICE FOR THIS SEASON OF 'THE VOICE

45 MONTHS OF INVOLUNTARY EXILE FROM A PARISH ASSIGNMENT AND HAVING TO MAKE PROVISION FOR MY TRANSPORTION HAS PERSONALLY COST ME $10,000 IN TAXI FARES...............

JOYFUL TO ACCEPT DIVINE SAVIOR PARISH ORANGEVALE's INVITATION TO AGAIN ASSIST WITH THEIR ADVENT/CHRISTMAS PENANCE SERVICE AND CONFESSIONS...............

3RD SUNDAY OF ADVENT - "REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAYS...AGAIN I SAY REJOICE !!!...............

PRESIDING AT WEDDING # 156 IN MY ORDAINED MINISTRY : THE NUPTIAL MASS OF MAGGIE BRINKOETTER AND STEPHEN HOPKINS IN SACRED HEART CHURCH IN EAST SACRAMENTO THIS AFTERNOON...............

58% OF ALL AMERICANS SAY THEY SUPPORT TRUMP'S MUSLIM PLAN...54% OF REPUBLICANS DECLARE SUPPORT FOR HIS EXCLUSION PROPOSAL...............

THE NEW AMERICAN-CANADIAN BROADCAST HOLIDAY TRADITION :THE 5TH ANNUAL MICHAEL BUBLE CHRIATMAS SPECIAL ON NBC-TV...............

HOW THIS DATE BECAME ONE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE AND SIGNIFICANT OCCURENCEES IN MY LIFE THANKS TO LAMBDA CHI ALPHA IN 1977...............

AN AMPUTATION / PROSTESIS WEBINAR EDUCATION UPDATE DAY...............

SETTING IN MOTION THE NEW PRESCRIPTION FOR ANOTHER MANUAL PROSTETIC LEG AS A COMPUTERIZED LEG REMAINS UNAFFORDABLE...............

OPENING THE DOOR OF THE JUBILEE YEAR OF MERCY ON THIS SOLEMNITY OF MARY THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OUR NATIONAL PATRONESS...............

ANTICIPATION FOR THE THREE-FOLD COMING OF JESUS THE CHRIST INCREASES IN THIS SECOND WEEK OF ADVENT...............

PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL ADDRESS THE NATION AND THE WORLD AT 8PM EASTERN/5PM PACIFIC TIME TONIGHT ON THE TERRORISM WAR BEFORE US...............

THE SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT AND HOW MY DECEASED MOTHER JOSEPHINE RESEMBLED JOHN THE BAPTIST IN HER PERSONAL PRACTICE OF CATHOLIC-CHRISTIAN FAITH...............

RENEWING AND FURTHERING BONDS OF FRIENDSHIP AND FRATERNITY AT THE CRESCENDO OF 2015 A.D. ...............

LATEST CNN REPUBLICAN 2016 PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION PREFERENCE POLL HAS DONALD TRUMP UP 9% FROM LAST MONTH LEADING 36% TO 16% OVER SENATOR TED CRUZ...............

WEDNESDAY'S MASS SHOOTING IN SAN BERNARDINO CALIFORNIA WHICH KILLED 14 PERSONS AND GRAVELY WOUNDED 21 VICTIMS AT A DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED RESOURCE CENTER WERE PERSONS 26 TO 60 YEARS OLD...............

SANTA SLAMS SACRAMENTO TONIGHT @ THE MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM IN THE PERSON AND MUSIC OF 'ROB THOMAS' WITH WARM UP ACTS JAMIE LAWSON AND RACHEL PLATTEN...............

EXERCISING FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE TO BREAK OUT FROM AN ENVIRONMENT THAT INFLICTS THE INAPPROPRIATE ISOLATION IN A RESIDENCE DENYING MY SPIRITUALITY AND SOCIALIZATION ...............

THE 2015 "JOSEPHINE TREATMENT" OF 33 RED ROSES AND 3 WHITE ROSES SHARED BY EXEMPLARY RECIPIENTS - ...TERRY MCNAMARA GAU...AMY MCNAMARA PHILLIPS...CLAUDIA BETTIGA ELLIOTT... ...............

COMMEMORATING THE 60 YEARS OF MY MOTHER's EARTHLY LIFE 3 DECADES AND 3 YEARS FOLLOWING HER PASSING TO ETERNAL LIFE...............

TODAY IS 'GIVING TUESDAY'. JOIN ME IN DONATING TO WORTHY CHARITIES SUCH AS EASTER SEALS, LAMBDA CHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, LIVING HOPE WHEELCHAIR ASSOCIATION, AND THE NATIONAL CATHOLIC PARTNERSHIP ON DISABILITY...............

CONCLUDING HIS FAMILY'S 2ND ANNUAL THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY VISIT TO UNCLE EDDIE IN SACRAMENTO VICTOR AND I TRANSPORT ROSEMARY & J.J. KAVANAGH BACK TO SFO FOR THEIR FLIGHT HOME TO IRELAND...............

HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS ENDS CHURCH YEAR 2015 AND OPENS LITURGICAL YEAR 2016 AS A PILGRIM TO GOD'S PEOPLE IN KENYA, UGANDA AND THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC...............

TODAY IS OMEGA DAY OF LITURGICAL YEAR 2015...............

BLACK FRIDAY AND IT'S SHOPPING ENTANGLEMENTS IS STILL MORE IMPORTANTLY IN THE USA THANKSGIVING FRIDAY...............

THANKSGIVING DAY IN AMERICA 2015...............

THANKSGIVING EVE '15 USA : EMANICIPATION FROM THE ABNORMALITY OF MY CAPTITIVITY TO CELEBRATE OUR NATIONAL FEAST OF BLESSINGS AWAY FROM THE BOARD AND CARE THERE IS VERY LITTTLE TO BE GRATEFUL FOR...............

THE MIRROR BALL TROPHY OF DANCING WITH THE STARS SEASON 21 GOES TO BINDI ERWIN & DEREK HOUGH...NICK CARTER IN 2ND ...SACRAMENTO HERO ALEC SKARLOTOS IN 3RD PLACE

WITH CARLOS OUT, ALEC, BINDI, NICK, ARE THE FINALISTS TONIGHT IN DANCING WITH THE STARS SEASON 21 CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITION...............

DONALD TRUMP CLAIMS HE SAW MUSLIMS IN JERSEY CITY NEW JERSEY CHEERING THE FALL OF THE TWIN TOWERS ON 9-11 2001...............

GATHERING IN GRATITUDE AS FAMILY, FRIENDS, FELLOW BELIEVERS AND FAITHFUL CITIZENS, IS AT THE CORE OF AMERICAN THANKSGIVING CELEBRATIONS THIS WEEK...............

SACRAMENTO SUMMER PARIS TRAIN HERO ALEC IS IN THE FINAL 3 FOR DISCO BALL 21 ON 'DWTS'

FOLLOWING ON NATIONAL BIBLE WEEK THIS IS INTERNATIONAL BIBLE DAY...............

IN THE SPIRIT OF AMERICAN THANKSGIVING THIS WEEK WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING INTERPERSONALLY TO PROVIDE THE HOLIDAY FEAST FOR DISABLED AND SPECIAL NEEDS PERSONS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS...............

JFK - POTUS 35 COMMEMORATED...52 YEARS LATER ON THIS NOVEMBER 22ND...............

IN THE HOMESTRETCH OF FINALIZING LITURGICAL PREPARATIONS FOR NUPTIALS #156 OF MAGGIE + STEPHEN DEC. 12TH @ SACHEART IN EAST SAC...............

FIRST TOUR OF MY RESIDENTIAL SEARCH TO GET ME OUT OF THIS UNDERWHELMING BOARD AND CARE VERY FRUITFUL AND PROMISING...............

THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSES REFUGEE PAUSE BILL AFFECTING ONLY SYRIANS AND IRAQIS SEEKING ASYLUM IN THE USA...............

A VITAL UPLIFT FROM PERSONS WHO TRULY CARE -MY SPLENDID WEDNESDAY VISIT FROM TED + IRENE...............

BLOOMBERG POLITICS POLL SAYS 53%; NBC NEWS-WALL STREET JOURNAL POLL SAYS 56%; OPPOSE ANY MORE SYRIAN REFUGEES BEING ALLOWED INTO AMERICA...............

MISSING IN ACTION - ARE THE BISHOPS OF THEE UNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCE FULLY IN SYNC WITH THE VISION AND DIRECTION POPE FRANCIS IS LEADING THE CHURCH TO EMBRACE ?...............

FRENCH POLICE IN FIERY MULTIPLE HOURS SIEGE AT A HOUSE OUTSIDE PARIS THOUGHT TO HAVE THE TERRORIST MASTERMIND OF LAST WEEK'S MASSACRE WITHIN IT...............

FRANCE, THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA, TO BE JOINED IN FIGHTING FOR THE ERADICATION OF ISIS. RUSSIA'S TRUE REASON UNCERTAIN...............

ISIS VIDEOS RELEASED THIS MORNING CLAIM THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PARIS TERRORIST MASSACRE AND VOW TO STRIKE THHE USA AND OTHER COUNTRIES WHO FIGHT THEM...............

PRESIDENT OBAMA'S MONDAY NEWS CONFERENCE AT THE G-20 SUMMIT ON THE "TERRIBLE ACTIONS" IN PARIS AND THE USA AND INTERNATIONAL VIEWS IN PROCEEDING IN ADDRESSING THE TERRORISM...............

IN RESPONSE TO THE PARIS TERRORIST ATTACKS : YES TO SORROW, SYMPATHY, SOLIDARITY, SUPPORT; - NO TO HATRED, PREJUDICE, DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA; AS WE UNITE TO DEFEAT THE EVILDOERS WHETHER ISIS, AL QAEDA, AND ALL OTHER PERPETRATORS...............

NATIONAL BIBLE WEEK USA NOVEMBER 15-21 2015 AND "DEI VERBUM" VATICAN II's PROCLAMATION ON SACRED SCRIPTURE 50 YEARS AGO...............

33rd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME BRINGS BELIEVERS IN THE REDEEMER JESUS THE CHRIST TO CONSIDER ESCATHON AND THE DAWNING OF ETERNITY...............

THE SECOND DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE TONIGHT @ 6PM PST ON CBS NEWS WITH MODERATOR JOHN DICKERSON...............

ISIS TERRORIST KILLERS IN PARIS FRIDAY NIGHT TARGETED THE DISABLED IN WHEELCHAIRS SEATED NEAR THE BAND STAGE...............

129 VICTIMS OF PARIS 6 ISIS TERRORIST ATTACKS YESTERDAY CONFIRMED DEAD - CNN REPORTS 352 PERSONS WOUNDED WITH 99 PEOPLE IN CRITICAL CONDITION...............

ISIS INFLICTION OF HISTORIC POST WORLD WAR II TERRORIST DEVASTATION IN WESTERN EUROPE AS 6 INDIVIDUAL SETS OF BOMBINGS AND KILLINS FRIDAY NIGHT IN PARISH RESULTS IN 127 CONFIRMED DEAD AND MORE THAN 200 PERSONS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED................

MULTIPLE TERRORIST BOMBINGS IN PARIS FRANCE TONIGHT @ LEAST 60 PERSONS KILLED BY THE VIOLENCE OF ISIS...............

ANTICIPATING THE COMING OF THE YEAR OF MERCY 2016 AND THE RENEWAL REINVIGORATION AND RESUMPTION OF MY PRIESTLY PASTORAL MINISTRY HOWEVER WHATEVER I HAVE TO DO...............

CONFERENCING OVER CONTINUING MY ACTIVE PRIESTLY MINISTRY HAVING BEEN ORDERED TO APPLY FOR SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE 7-11 YEARS BEFORE I RETIRE...............

WHY IS A CONGENTIAL PHYSICALLY DISABLED CATHOLIC PRIEST WHO IS INTELLECTUALLY AND VERBALLY CAPABLE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST FOR HAVING TO USE A WHEELCHAIR WHEN THERE IS SO GREAT A NEED FOR PRIESTS AND PASTORS WHO ARE CLEAR COMMUNICATORS AND ARE CULTURALLY CONNECTED WITH AMERICAN CATHOLIC CHRISTIANS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ?...............

VETERANS DAY 2015 IN AMERICA...GIVING THANKS AND GRATITUDE FOR THE VALIANT SERVICE OF THE MEN AND WOMEN IN THE U.S. MILITARY DEFENDING,PROTECTING AND SACRIFICING THEMSELVES FOR OUR COUNTRY AND THE WORLD..........................

THE 4TH REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES DEBATE TONIGHT ON FOX BUSINESS CHANNEL MAY BE CRUNCH TIME FOR JEB BUSH GOING FORWARD IN 2016...............

ATTENDING THE NOVEMBER BI-MONTHLY PRESBYTERAL COUNCIL MEETING TODAY @ THE DIOCESAN PASTORAL CENTER...............

THE 32ND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME AND NOVEMBER REMEMBRANCE OF THE HOLY SOULS OF THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED...............

HOW TRUTHFUL IS DR. BEN CARSON BEING ABOUT HIS PAST AS HE VIES WITH DONALD TRUMP ON TOP OF 2016 GOP PRESIDENTIAL POLLS ?...............

THE FIRST DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES FORUM IN SOUTH CAROLINA ON MSNBC MODERATED BY RACHEL MADDOW TONIGHT...............

FOR MY BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY A RETURN TO MERCY MCMAHON / SACRED HEART / LA ROSA BLANCA FOR HEARTFELT VISITS WITH PRIESTLY COLLEAGUES AND FRATERNITY BROTHERS...............

CELEBRATING MY PERSONAL SOLEMNITY TODAY- THE MEMORIAL OF ST. CHARLES BORROMEO / I GIVE THANKS AND PRAISETO GOD FOR 59 YEARS OF LIFE

POPE FRANCIS' REFORM AGENDA LEADS TO DISCOVERY OF FURTHER CORRUPTION IN THE VATICAN RESULTING IN THE FIRING OF A PRIEST AND A LAYWOMAN AS 2 CONTROVERSIAL BOOKS ABOUT IT ARE BEING PUBLISHED THIS WEEEK...............

FOUNDED NOVEMBER 2, 1909 AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY LAMBDA CHI ALPHA FRATERNITY @106 AND 35 YEARS VIA SACRAMENTO STATE UNIVERSITY FINDS ME RE-CONNECTING WITH 535 OTHER PHI PI ZETA ALUMNI BROTHERS...............

NOVEMBER 2 - THE MEXICAN OBSERVANCE OF THE DAY OF THE DEAD IS OUR CATHOLIC-CHRISTIAN COMMEMORATION OF ALL SOULS...............

ALL SAINTS DAY SOLEMNITY : CELEBRATING PEOPLE OF GOD WHO AS DISCIPLES ARE DECLARED EVERLASTING EAMPLES OF VIRTUOUS HOLINESS...............

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PRESIDENT OBAMA DECIDES TO SEND 50 AMERICAN TROOPS OF ARMY SPECIAL FORCES INTO SYRIA AS ADVISORS AND TRAINERS WILL TTHEY BECOME FIGHTING GROUND TROOPS AGAINST ISIS ?...............

THE U.S. SENATE PASSES A TWO YEAR FEDERAL BUDGET AND DEBT CEILING BILL AFTER 1 HOUR RAND PAUL FILIBUSTER ATTEMPT...............

REPRESENTATIVE PAUL RYAN GIVES UP HIS DREAM JOB AS WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE CHAiRMAN PROMOTED TO BECOMING THE 54TH SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE...............

A COMBATIVE THIRD REPUBLICAN 2016 DEBATE AIMED AGGRESSIVELY BY THE CANDIDATES AT EACH OTHER, THE MODERATORS, THE MEDIA, HILLARY CLINTON AND THE DEMOCRATS...............

UPDATE ELECTION 2016 : THE THIRD REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IS SURE TO BE VERY CONTENTIOUS...............

ADVANCING THE OVERDUE WHOLISTIC IMPLEMENTATION OF MINISTRIES OF INCLUSION AND EMPOWERMENT FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL NEEDS IN THE U.S. CATHOLIC CHURCH...............

FIRST MEETING WITH THE ENGAGED COUPLE WHO MAY BE WEDDING #156 ON MY NUPTIAL PARADE...............

AT ITS CONCLUSION THE 2015 SYNOD ON THE FAMILY THE FINAL DOCUMENT IS RATIFIED BY SUPPORT FROM 2/3 OF PARTICIPATING BISHOPS...............

IRISH BORN AMERICAN REGALED ACTRESS MAUREEN O'HARA FAMOUS FOR HER ROLES IN FILMS SUCH AS "THE QUIET MAN" "MIRALE ON 34TH STREET DEAD @ 95...............

REPRESENTATIVE PAUL RYAN WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN WILL BE ELECTED SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE THIS WEEK WITH 5 STIPULATIONS SET BY HIM FOR REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE UNITY UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP............

IN ATTENDANCE THURSDAY AT THE TRUMAN CLUB LUNCHEON AT THE STERLING HOTELAS JOE GIBSON's TABLE GUEST THE FEATURED SPEAKER WAS FORMER CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEM DARRELL STEINBERG

FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON APPEARS TODAY BEFORE THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON BENGHAZI................

VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES JOE BIDEN ANNOUNCES HE WILL NOT SEEK THE 2016 DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION...............

POPE FRANCIS' FAVORABILITY RATING HAS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY SINCE HIS APOSTOLIC VISITATION TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN SEPTEMBER...............

WITH A BIDEN 2016 DECISION IMMINENT COUD HE OFFER DEMOCRATS AND THE COUNTRY A TICKET PAIRING HIMSELF AND ELIZABETH WARREN AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT ?...............

THE CATHOLIC-CHRISTIAN IMPERATIVE OF INCLUSION AND EMPOWERMENT REQUIRES THE NECESSITY TO 'PUSH FORWARD' IN PROVIDING DISABILITY MINISTRY TO PERSONS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS...............

THE 2015 SYNOD ON THE FAMILY WEEK 3 - WOMEN WHO ARE PRESENT / PARTICIPANTS SPEAK UP FOR THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE FAMILY AND THE CHURCH...............

A DELUGE OF RAIN AND MUDSLIDES ON INTERSTTATE 5 IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TRAPS HUNDREDS OF DRIVERS IN THEIR VEHICLES FOR HOURS IN AS MUCH AS 300,000 POUNDS OF MUD...............

THE FIRST SCIENTIFIC POLL RELEASED CONDUCTED BY NBC NEWS AND SURVEY MONKEY ONLINE SHOWS HILLARY CLINTON WON THE 1ST DEBATE 56% TO 33% FOR BERNIE SANDERS 1% FOR O'MALLEY AND CHAFEE NEGLIBLE FOR WEBB...............

PREsIDENT OBAMA CHANGES HIS DECISION ON AMERICAN TROOP LEVELS TO REMAIN IN AFGHANISTAN BEYOND 2015 - 5,500 INSTEAD OF 1000

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UPDATE ELECTON 2016 :THE FIRST DEMOCRATIC PARTY PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION CANDIDATES DENATE

UPDATE ELECTION 2016 : HILLARY CLINTON POISED AND POINTED IN FIRST DEBATE WHILE BERNIE SANDERS WAS STRONG IN HIS ADVOCACY OF DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM AND MARTIN O'MALLEY TOUTS HIS RECORD AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS MAYOR AND GOVERNOR...............

AT THIS HOUR CLINTON, SANDERS, O'MALLEY, WEBB, CHAFEE,TAKE THE FIRST 2016 DEMOCCRATIC DEBATE STAGE IN LAS VEGAS...............

THE COST OF A TAXI ACCOMODATING MY POWER WHEELCHAIR MAKES ATTENDING THIS WEEK'S SACRAMENTO CCONVOCATION OF PRIESTS IN SOUTH LAKE TAHOE PROHIBITIVE...............

THE WASHINGTON POST REPORTER WHO IS THE LONGEST HELD EVER AMERICAN HOSTAGE IN IRAN LONGER THAN EVEN THE 1979-1980 HOSTAGES IS CONVICTED AFTER 449 DAYS IN CAPTIVITY,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

THE SYNOD ON THE FAMILY 2O15 WEEK TWO - VIGORIOUS AND DIVERSE OPINIONS AS POPE FRANCIS WANTS CONTINUE TO BE SHARED...............

MISINTERPRETING AND MANIPULATING THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION AND THE MEANING AND PURPOSE OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT IN REGARDS TO GUNS...............

WITH THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL CONFERENCE IN CHAOS REPRESENTATIVE PAUL RYAN IS THE PREFERRED FRONTRUNNER FOR SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE IF HE WANTS TO RUN...............

CALIFORNIA REPRESENTATIVE KEVIN MCCARTHY WILL NOT BE THE NEXT SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE...THE QUESTION IS WHO WILL GET THE 218 VOTES + TO BE ?...............

HILLARY CLINTON REVERSES HER POSITION WHILE SECRETARY OF STATE AND COMES OUT AGAINST THE TRANS PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP...............

GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN SIGNS ASSISTED SUICIDE LEGISLATION INTO LAW MAKING CALIFORNIA THE 5TH STATE TO LEGALIZE IT AS AN OPTION FOR THE TERMINALLY ILL...............

SYNOD 2015 DAY 3 - DISCERNING AND DIRECTING THE MISSION AND VOCATION OF THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH IN A COVENANT OF RELIGION IN THIRD MILLENNIUM OF CHRISTIANITY...............

THE VATICAN TWICE CLARIFIES THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF KIM DAVIS' MEETING WITH POPE FFRANCIS IN WASHINGTON IS SHE MISCONSTRUING IT FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES ?

THE 2015 SYNOD ON THE FAMILY OPENS FOR THE NEXT THREE WEEKS TODAY...............

MIRRORING THE THREE SACRAMENTO HEROES THIS SUMMER OREGON COLLEGE STUDENT CHRIS MINTZ SELFLESSLY SPRUNG INTO ACTION IN THHE FACE OF THE PERPETRATOR IN THIRSDAY'S MASS SHOOTING...............

A 20 YEAR OLD GUNMAN OPENS FIRE ON STUDENTS AT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE NEAR ROSEBURG OREGON KILLING 9 WOUNDING MANY OTHERS...............

RUSSIAN AIRSTRIKES WEDNESDAY ON SYRIA SEEN NOT AS FIGHTING TERRORISM BUT TARGETING ANTI ASSAD REBEL FORCES PUTIN WANTS TO SUSTAIN IN POWER...............

FAILURE OF THE $500 MILLION AMERICAN EFFORT TO TRAIN THE SYRIAN REBELS IN FIGHTING PUT ON HOLD FOR NOW...............

PRESIDENTS OBAMA AND PUTIN MEET ONE ON ON ONE AFTER SPEECHES AT THE UNITED NATIONS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TWO YEARS - CLASH OVER SYRIA AND UKRAINE...............

POPE FRANCIS RETURNS TO ROME AND VATICAN CITY AFTER COMPLETING HIS HISTORIC 9 DAY VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES AND CUBA...............

POPE FRANCIS' FINAL DAY AMONG US THIS SUNDAY AS HIS FIRST EVER PERSONAL AND PASTORAL VISIT TO THE USA CLOSES IN PHILADELPHIA PA...............

NO SHOW SCHEDULED TRANSPORT PREVENTS ME FROM BEING PRESENT AT CHRIS + CLAIRE MUGNAINI's WEDDING TO MY DEEP DISAPPOINTMENT DRATS !!...............

POPE FRANCIS REACHES THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF HIS PASTORAL JOURNEY TO THE USA : THE WORLD MEETING ON THE FAMILY IN PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA TODAY AND TOMORROW...............

AN ADDRESS TO THE UNITED NATIONS, A VISIT TO THE 9-11 MEMORIAL, GOING TO A PARISH SCHOOL IN HARLEM, A POPEMOBILE RIDE THROUGH CENTRAL PARK, AND A MASS WITH 20,000 PERSONS IN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ON POPE FRANCIS' NYC ITINERARY TODAY...............

POPE FRANCIS LANDS IN NEW YORK CITY FOR SECOND PART OF HIS APOSTOLIC VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES...............

POPE FRANCIS' GOES TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES TO DELIVER A FIRST EVER PAPAL ADDRESS BEFORE A JOINT MEETING OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE...............

POPE FRANCIS IN WAHINGTON D.C.@ THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY AMONG THE EYEWITNESSES IN ATTENDANCE AT THE WELCOMING CEREMONY IS MY VERY DEAR FRIEND CURTIS RICHARDS...............

AS HE SLIPS IN THE POLLS AFTER LAST WEEK'S DEBATE BEN CARSON's ANTI MUSLIM PRESIDENTIAL SENTTIMENT GOES UNDDEFENDED BY THE OTHER REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES...............

POPE FRANCIS ARRIVES IN THE USA TODAY FOR A HISTORIC VSIT THAT WILL INCLUDE THE CANONIZATION OF CALIFORNIA MISSIONS FOUNDER BLESSED JUNIPERO SERRA...............

WISCONSIN GOVERNOR SCOTT WALKER BECOMES THE SECOND REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE TO DROP OUT OF THE 2016 PRESIENTIAL NOMINATION COMTEST...............

POPE FRANCIS CELEBRATES MASS IN HAVANA's REVOLUTIONARY SQUARE WITH AN ESTIMATED CROWD OF 300,000 PEOPLE...............

POPE FRANCIS' RENEWED EVANGELIZATION MISSIONARY PILGRIMAGE TO CUBA...............

POPE +FRANCIS DEPARTS ROME ON 'SHEPHERD ONE' FOR HIS HISTORIC PILGRIMAGE TO CUBA AND THE UNITED STATES...............

AFTER WEDNESDAY'S ROUGH AND TUMBLE REPUBLICAN DEBATE EXPERIENCE DONALD TRUMP RESPONDS TO A RALLY QUESTION YESTERDAY WTH A RETURN TO A BIRTHER POINT OF VIEW...............

AFTER THREE AND A HALF YEARS MY INVOLUNTARY REQUIREMENT TO RESIDE AT MERCY MCMAHON TERRACE ENDS...ALLELUIA ! AMEN !!...............

REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION DEBATE #2 - WHICH OF THE OTHER 10 PARTICIPANTS CAN AND WILL EFFECTIVELY TAKE ON FRONTRUNNER DONALD TRUMP TONIGHT@ THE REAGAN LIBRARY ?...............

MY POST SURGERY FOLLOW-UP APPOINMENT WITH MY PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN DR. REDDY,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

THE TRIUMPH OF CHRIST'S SALVIFIC CROSS IS OUR ASSURANCE IN LIVING FAITH OF OUR ABILITY AS HIS DISCIPLES TO OVERCOME HUMAN SELFISHNESS...............

WHY ARE GOOD AND DECENT PEOPLE OF GOD CAUSED TO SUFFER BY THE POWERS THT BE WHEN THEY CONTINUE BEING FAITHFUL AND EFFECTIVE SERVANTS OF JESUS THE CHRIST ?...............

USA VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS POIGNANT INTERVIEW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT ABOUT HIS DECEAED SON BEAU...............

THIS BLOG SURPASSES 400.000 PAGE VIEWS 6.25 YEARS SINCE ITS INCEPTION...............

EIGHT WEEKS OF CONTENDING WITH EXCRUCIATING BROKEN HIP PAIN, SURGERY, ACUTE REHAB, THERAPY, BOARD AND CARE, AND HEALING...............

MY UNCLE VAUGHN H POWERS DIES @ 86 -GOD GRANT HIM ETERNAL PEACE...............

THE INSIDIOUS OCCURRENCE OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ME BECAUSE OF MY PHYSICAL DISABILIY...............

TRUMP LEADING LATEST POLLING FOR PRESIDENT '16 IN THE REPUBLICAN RACE...............

AMERICAN NEGOTIATED IRAN NUCLEAR WEAPONS INSPECTION AGREEMENT REACHED IN VIENNA...............

WISCONSIN GOVERNOR SCOTT WALKER ENTERS REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION RACE 2016...............

CAN MY BEING DENIED THE RIGHT TO CELEBRATE PUBLIC MASS AND SACRAMENTS BE ANYTHING OTHER THAN DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE DISABLED ?...............

16TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME: CHRIST OUR SHEPHERD WHO CALLS AND GATHERS US...............

DONALD TRUMP IS STIRRING UP A CONTROVERSIAL CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT USA 2016...............

LEARNING THE MISSION AND MINISTRY OF CATHOLIC-CHRISTIAN EVANGELIZATION...............

MY PARENTS TROY DOIL + JOSEPHINE VIRGINIA WERE MARRIED 65 YEARS AGO TODAY : JULY 9TH 1950...............

THE JECKYL AND HYDE PERSONALITY OF BILL COSBY...............

HAPPY BIRTHDAY X 50 TO MY BELOVED FRIEND J. PATRICK MCNAMARA...............

3 NATION SOUTH AMERICAN PAPAL PILGRIMAGE TO ECUADOR, BOLIVIA, PARAGUAY...............

COMMEMORATING MY MOTHER JOSEPHINE'S 93RD BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY TODAY...............

INDEPENDENCE DAY IN THE USA: 239 YEARS SINCE THE DECLARATION OF OUR FREEDOM AND LIBERTY...............

VANQUISHING DOUBT THROUGH LIVING FAITH...............

MY PATERNAL GRANDFATHER SIDNEY HARRIS POWERS WAS BORN 122 YEARS AGO TODAY...............

THE LITURGICAL COMMEMORATION OF BLESSED JUNIPERO SERRA AND SAINT OLIVER PLUNKETT...............

IN MANY REGARDS DISABLED AND SPECIAL NEEDS PERSONS ARE THE LIVING MARTYRS OF CATHOLIC-CHRISTIANITY...............

IS CALIFORNIA'S NEW VACCINATIONS LAW A TRENDSETTER FOR THE COUNTRY ?...............

ARCHBISHOPS RECEIVE THEIR PALIUMS ON THIS SOLEMNITY OF SAINTS PETER & PAUL...............

SAD BUT TRUE - EVEN IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH DECEPTION AND DISHONESTY EXIST IN DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE DISABLED...............

CONTROVERSY ENSUES OVER FLYING THE CONFEDERATE FLAG IN THE SOUTHERN STATES...............

DECLARED CONSTITUTIONAL: THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT LEGALIZES SAME SEX MARRIAGE AS THE LAW OF THE LAND BY HISTORIC 5-4 DECISION...............

UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (OBAMACARE) IN A 6-3 DECISION...............

BIRTHDAY FEAST OF THE FINAL PROPHET BEFORE THE COMING OF THE CHRIST: JOHN THE BAPTIZER...............

WEEKS 11-15 OF 15 IN SUMMER COHORT 2...............

BACK IN SACRAMENTO AFTER THREE WEEKS PLUS ON THE EAST COAST IN WASHINGTON D.C., BOSTON AND PHILADELPHIA...............

THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER 2015: RETURNING FROM MY SECOND YEAR D.MIN RESIDENCY @ CUA IN WASHINGTON D.C. ...............

ONE DAY TO GO BEFORE TAKING AMTRAK BACK TO D.C. ...............

JOURNEYING IN TANDEM WITH BROTHERLY LOVE...............

SEEING PHILADELPHIA PA. BIRTHPLACE CITY OF THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...............

HEADING TO PHILLY...THE CONSTITUTIONAL CITY OF THE USA...............

BEN FRANKLIN STEPS WALKING TOUR OF BOSTON...............

BOSTON HERE I AM...............

FROM WASH DC TO BEANTOWN...............

WASH DC TOUR DAY 1...............

ENDING DAY OF RESIDENCY '15 @ CUA-TC IN WASH DC D.MIN STUDIES...............

PENUTIMATE DAY OF D.MIN CLASSES FOR RESIDENCY COHORT 2...............

A SECOND MEETING WITY MY AREA DIRECTOR ON PROGRESS WITH MY D.MIN PROJECT PROPOSAL NEARING HIS APPROVAL ONFRIDAY...............

TODAY I GIVE MY THEOLOGY OF PASTORAL LEADERSHIP CASE STUDY AND MEET WITH THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON SPECIAL NEEDS MINISTRY DIRECTOR...............

TWO MORE SEMINARS THIS MONDAY ON RESEARCH PROJECT CLEARANCES NECESSARY FOR THE D.MIN...............

ATTENDING SUNDAY MASS @ CATHOLIC MEGA CHURCH "REBUILT" IN MARYLAND...............

RESTING, READING, RESEARCHING, AS WELL AS DISCUSSING, AT THE END OF WEEK 1 AND AS WE GET READY FOR A RIGOROUS WEEK 2 OF SUMMER COHORT 2015...............

TWO CLASSES TODAY WITH DRS. TIMONEY AND SOBOLEWSKI AND A LUNCHEON DISCUSSION WITH MSGR. MCPARTLAND LEADING INTO A WEEKEND OF READING, WRITING, RESEARCHING, AND "REBUILT" CHURCH...............

CUA-TC RESIDENCY '15 DAY 4 - COHORT 2 GROUP MEETING, SEMINAR ON SAME SEX MARRIAGE, APPOINTMENTS WITH 2 PROFESSORS, READING AND RESEARCH...............

COMING UP WITH A PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR MY TREATISE FOCUS IN CONSULTATION WITH MY CUA AREA DIRECTOR...............

ORIENTATION, INTRODUCTIONS, COHORT MEETINGS, MASS, D. MIN ONLINE SEMINAR OVERVIEW,MEET THE PROFESSORS AND EVENING FILL 8.5 HOURS OF RESIDENCY DAY AT T.C. IN D.C. ...............

DAY 1 OF SUMMER COHORT 2 RESIDENCY SESSION FOR THE D.MIN DEGREE @ CUA IN WASHINGTON D.C. ...............

RESUMING ORDINARY TIME IN THE FAR FROM ORDINARY SURROUNDINGS OF THE NATIONAL SHRINE OF THE BASILICA OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION @ CUA...............

READING WRITING AND RELAXING AS I PREPARE TO MEET MY CLASSMATES AND THE START OF OUR TWO WEEKS TOGETHER IN D.C. ...............

RE-CONNECTING WITH THE ENVIRONS OF THE THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE AND CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY IN NORTHEAST WASHINGTON D.C. ...............

MY REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT ARRIVAL FOR THE CUA RESIDENCY '15 GREETED BY A THUNDERSTORM AND DELAYS...............

GLADLY TRAVELING TO WASHINGTON D.C. TODAY FOR THE SUMMER RESIDENCY D.MIN COHORT 2 @ THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA...............

ORGANIZING AND ADDRESSING CUA D.MIN WEEK 8 WHILE PREPARING TO DEPART FOR WASHINGTON D.C. ON THURSDAY MORNING...............

MIDWAY THROUGH THE CUA D.MIN SECOND YEAR COHORT DOING WEEK 8 STUDIES BEFORE RESIDENCY PORTION IN WASHINGTON DC NEXT WEEK...............

MEMORIAL DAY IN AMERICA 2015 - COMMEMORATING THOSE WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR FREEDOM AND PEACE...............

PENTECOST SUNDAY 2015 : GOD'S SPIRIT SANCTIFIES AND SUSTAINS US IN MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF LIFE AND CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP...............

IRELAND IS THHE FIRST NATION IN THE WORLD TO PUT A REFERENDUM CONSTITUTIONALIZING SAME SEX MARRIAGE BEFORE ITS CITIZENS...POLLS SAID IT WOULD BE APPROVED AND IT IS...............

SHARING THE JOY OF EXPERIENCING +BISHOP TOM DALY's SPOKANE INSTALLATION AS 7TH BISHOP WITH BISHOP FRANCIS QUINN AND MONSIGNOR KAVANAGH...............

HEADING BACK TO SACRAMENTO FOR MEMORIAL DAY / PENTECOST SUNDAY AND COMPLETION OF CUA D.MIN WEEK 8 OF 15...............

DATELINE SPOKANE WASHINGTON : PRESENT HERE FOR TODAY'S INSTALLATION OF THE MOST REVEREND THOMAS ANTHONY DALY AS THE 7TH BISHOP OF SPOKANE...............

FLYING NORTHWEST TO WASHINGTON STATE FOR THE INSTALLATION OF MY SEMINARY CLASSMATE +THOMAS DALY AS THE BISHOP OF SPOKANE...............

MY 58TH ANNIVERSARY OF BAPTISM DAY IS ALSO PRIESTS COUNCIL MEETING DAY AND NOAH GALLOWAY NIGHT IN THE FINALE OF 'DWTS' SEASON 20...............

THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD ON THIS SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER...............

MARY HIGGINS CLARK NOVELIST CALLED "QUEEN OF SUSPENSE" THE COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER AT TODAY'S CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA GRADUATION...............

BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING JURY SENTENCE FOR CONVICTED DZHOCHAR TSARNAEV IS THE DEATH PENALTY...............

A SEXUAL HARASSMENT ALLEGATION MADE BY A CITY EMPLOYEE AGAINST MAYOR KEVIN JOHNSON...............

OUR LONG OVERDUE AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION REPAIRS AND RENOVATIONS TO HIGHWAYS BRIDGES AND MASS TRANSIT SYSTEMS...............

NOAH GALLOWAY DOUBLE AMPUTEE ARMY VETERAN AND "DANCING WITH THE STARS" SEASON 20 FINALIST IS MY NEW HERO...............

3 YEARS 2 MONTHS OF BEING UNFAIRLY, UNJUSTLY, MARGINALIZED AND DISCRIMINATED AGAINST AS A PRIEST AND DISABLED PERSON WHO IS AN AMPUTEE. WHY DOES IT CONTINUE ?...............

AUTHENTIC CATHOLIC-CHRISTIAN PASTORAL LEADERSHIP IS DEFINED BY SELFLESS "FAITH, FELLOWSHIP, COLLEGIALITY, COLLABORATION"...............

THE SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER - JESUS FAREWELL ADDRESS BEFORE HIS ASCENSION TO GOD THE FATHER...............

JEB BUSH DELIVERS COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS ON CHRISTIAN CONSCIENCE AT FALWELL'S LIBERTY UNIVERSITY...............

FREEDOM OF SPEECH YES...HATE SPEECH NO....INCITING VIOLENCE IN WHAT WE SPEAK IS LIKE CRYING FIRE IN A THEATER...............

NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER IN THE UNITED STATES - OUR NEED TO PRAY IS AS GREAT AS EVER...............

WHY CATHOLIC-CHRISTIAN FAITH AND DISABILITY MINISTRY ARE INSEPARABLE...............

PRINCE WILLIAM AND DUCHHESS CATHERINE ANNOUNCE THE LEGACY NAME OF THEIR NEWBORN BRITISH PRINCESS : 'CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH DIANA'...............

 

OUR PASTOR AT SACRED HEART PARISH REVEREND MONSIGNOR ROBERT P. WALTON IS 41 YEARS ORDAINED AS A PRIEST OF JESUS CHRIST TODAY...............

THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER - JESUS THE FRUIT FILLED VINE WE THE VINES OF LIVING FAITH ON THIS MY FIRST MASS ANNIIVERSARY + 28 YEARS...............

28 YEARS AGO TODAY MAY 2, 1987 WAS THE DAY OF MY ORDINATION TO THE PRIESTHOOD OF JESUS CHRIST FOR MY NATIVE DIOCESE OF SACRAMENTO...............

THE FEAST DAY OF ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER - ONE OF THE DAYS ANNUALLY I ESPECIALLY REMEMBER AND PRAY FOR MY MOTHER SINCE 1987...............

IN MY MY THIRTIETH YEAR OF R.C.I.A. MINISTRY SACHEART''s 2015 TEAM OF INITIATES ARE THE MOST RESPONSIVE AND INTERACTIVE GROUP I HAVE MINISTERED WITH YET...............

SCOTUS TAKES UP ORAL ARGUMENTS ON THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF SAME SEX MARRIAGE

INCREASING SUPPORT FOR THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY AS THE DOMESTIC CHURCH...............

+JOHN WESTER NATIVE SAN FRANCISCAN - BISHOP OF SALT LAKE CITY APPOINTED ARCHBISHOP OF SANTA FE NEW MEXICO...............

4TH SUNDAY OF EASTER JESUS THE GOOD SHEPHERD AND THE 52ND ANNUAL CHURCH VOCATIONS SUNDAY...............

100 YEARS AFTER THE START OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE...............

5.5 MONTHS AFTER BEING NOMINATED LORETTA LYNCH IS AT LAST THE ATTORNEY OF THE UNITED STATES CONFIRMED BY A VOTE OF 56-43...............

THE 2015 SACRAMENTO DIOCESAN PRIESTS RETREAT...............

THE RESIGNATION OF KANSAS CITY-ST. JOSEPH BISHOP +ROBERT FINN WHO FAILED TO REPORT SEXUAL ABUSE ACCEPTED BY POPE FRANCIS...............

HELPING HEAR SACHEART PARISH SCHOOL 2ND GRADE FIRST CONFESSIONS...............

THE THEOLOGY OF POPE FRANCIS' PASTORAL LEADERSHIP IN RENEWING THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE WORLD...............

TODAY'S 3RD SUNDAY OF EASTER IS THE 29TH ANNIVERSARY OF MY ORDINATION AS A TRANSITIONAL DEACON...............

CHICAGO ARCHBISHOP EMERITUS + FRANCIS CARDINAL GEORGE DEAD FROM CANCER @ 78...............

MY VERY NARROW WINDOW TO SOCIALIZE OTHER THAN ESCAPE MMT LUNCHES AND DINNERS DURING THE INTENSITY OF MY 2ND YEAR CUA D.MIN STUDIES NEEDING TO SERIOUSLY CONCENTRATE...............

A THANKSGIVING '14 EASTER '15 UPDATE : SACHEART DISABLED BOY PARISHIONER WAS AT EASTER SUNDAY MASS WALKING INDEPENDENTLY WITH HIS STRAIGHTENED LEFT LEG...............

POPE FRANCIS' DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY STATEMENT ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE A CENTURY AGO STIRS A VEHEMENT OUTCRY IN OPPOSITION BY TURKEY...............

MYSTAGOGY: THE RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION's EASTER LAUNCH OF THE NEOPHYTES...............

MORE THAN A DECADE BEFORE THE U.S. BISHOPS PASTORAL STATEMENT ON CATHOLIC DISABILITY MINISTRY VATICAN II's CONSTITUTION ON THE CHURCH - "LUMEN GENTIUM" ADDRESSED INCLUSION OF THE VULNERABLE AND THE MARGINALIZED BY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH...............

THE 2ND SUNDAY OF EASTER - DIVINE MERCY / POPE FRANCIS AND THE BEGINNING OF THE JUBILEE YEAR OF MERCY...............

EASTER SATURDAY - POPE FRANCIS OPENING THE HOLY DOOR TO THE JUBILEE YEAR OF "MERCY"...............

EASTER FRIDAY - THE THIRD OF THREE SUMMER COHORT 2015 D.MIN CUA COURSE : 3.) TRS DM "MISSION AND MINISTRY OF EVANGELIZATION IN THE PARISH" WITH FATHER FRANK DISIANO CSP...............

EASTER THURSDAY - THE SECOND COURSE IN MY SUMMER 2015 CUA D.MIN STUDIES 2.) TRS DM 862 "CONTEXT FOR EVANGELIZATION AND CATECHESIS : DOMESTIC CHURCH" WITH DR. GREGORY SOBOLEWESKI...............

EASTER WEDNESDAY - MY CUA D.MIN 2ND YEAR STUDY COHORT COURSES 1.) TRS DM 862 "THE THEOLOGY OF PASTORAL LEADERSHIP" WITH DR. SUSAN TIMONEY

EASTER TUESDAY - AN INVITATION TO CELEBRATE A PASCHAL MASS @ DIVINE SAVIOR PARISH IN ORANGEVALE...............

EASTER MONDAY - AS WE PROCEED IN THE GLORY OF THESE 50 DAYS IT IS OPENING DAY OF MY SECOND YEAR COHORT OF DOCTOR OF MINISTRY STUDIES WITH THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA...............

EASTER SUNDAY 2015 - ALLELUIA ! ALLELUIA !! CHRIST IS RISEN ! ALLELUIA !!!

HOLY SATURDAY - R.C.I.A. PREPARTORY RITES AS WE AWAIT THE EASTER VIGIL SERVICE AFTER SUNSET...............

GOOD FRIDAY - THE SOLEMN PASSION OF CHRIST THE SACRED VENERATION OF THE CROSS AND PRE-SANCTIFIED HOLY COMMUNION...............

HOLY THURSDAY - ASSENTING TO THE CHRISTIAN MANDATUM OF SERVICE IN THE SACRAMENTS OF EUCHARIST AND HOLY ORDERS...............

WEDNESDAY OF HOLY WEEK - ATONING FOR OUR BETRAYAL OF JESUS BY RENOUNCING OUR SINS...............

TUESDAY OF HOLY WEEK - MARY OF BETHANY PROCLAIMS THE MESSIAHSHIP JESUS WHEN ANOINTING HIM...............

MONDAY OF HOLY WEEK - MORE SACHEART STDENTS LENTEN / EASTER CONFESSIONS...............

'PALM' SUNDAY OF HOLY WEEK - REFLECTING ON THE PASSION NARRATIVE OF CHRIST IN MARK'S GOSPEL...............

HE WAS "THE GODFATHER OF MODERN (IRISH ) HURLING" - MONSIGNOR TOMMY MAHER 92...............

UNITED STATES SENATE DEMOCRATIC MINORITY / MAJORITY LEADER HARRY REID WILL NOT RUN FOR RE-ELECTION IN NEVADA NEXT YEAR...............

HAVING RENEWED MY PRIESTLY VOWS FOR ANOTHHER YEAR ALONG WITH 140 OF MY COLLEAGUES THE TIME TO END MORE THAN 3 YEARS OF DISCRIMINATION DECEIT DUPLICITY DISTORTION AND DISSEMBLING ABOUT MY CAPABILITY TO ACTIVELY AND EFFECTIVELY MINISTER

CHRISM MASS THURSDAY RENEWAL OF PRIESTLY VOWS IN SACRAMENTO AND WHY I DO IT GIVEN THREE YEARS OF DISCRIMINATION FOR BEING AN AMPUTEE...............

AL BALSHOR PROLIFIC SEVEN DECADE SACRAMENTO FLORIST PROVIDER OF "JOSEPHINE TREATMENT" ROSES DIES...............

CHEERING NOAH GALLOWAY ON BEYOND MONDAY NIGHT'S FIRST ELIMINATION OF DWTS SEASON 20...............

ORIENTATION WEEK FOR CUA D.MIN SUMMER COHORT YEAR TWO...............

THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT - HOW JESUS' PRAYER MODELS OUR PRAYER AS HIS DISCIPLES...............

DISCOVERING THE "DISABLED AND PRODUCTIVE" WEBSITE...............

ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU BACKTRACKS ON PRE-ELECTION DECLARATION IN STAUNCH OPPOSITION TO A TWO STATE SOLUTION...............

TERRORIST ATTACKS ON A TUNISIAN MUSEUM ISIS CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY...............

ST. JOSEPH'S DAY AND POPE FRANCIS' SUMMONS TO FATHERS AND HUSBANDS...............

PBS' AMERICAN MASTERS PRESENTATION TONIGHT ON JOHNNY CARSON...............

ST. PATRICK'S DAY 2015 HAS ME HELPING WITH STUDENT CONFESSIONS @ SACRED HEART...............

ENROLLMENT DAY FOR SUMMER COHORT 2 OF MY CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA DOCTOR OF MINISTRY STUDIES...............

THE FOURTH SUNDAY AND MIDPOINT OF LENT - ILLUMINATING THE MORALLY AND SPIRITUALLY BLIND...............

PUSHING FORWARD TO OVERCOME INSENSITIVITY AND INDIFFERENCE TOWARDS DISABLED AND SPECIAL NEEDS PERSONS IN THE UNITED STATES CATHOLIC CHURCH...............

TWO YEARS OF POPE FRANCIS AND HIS VIGOROUS ATTEMPT TO REFORM AND RENEW THE CATHOLIC IN WHOLISTIC OUTREACH TO ALL HUMANKIND...............

THE MOST REVEREND +THOMAS ANTHONY DALY AUXILIARY BISHOP OF SAN JOSE CALIFORNIA CHOSEN BY POPE FRANCIS AS THE SEVENTH BISHOP OF SPOKANE WASHINGTON...............

THREE YEARS OF DISCRIMINATION DISHONESTY AND DISRESPECT...............

THOSE OF US WHO ARE AMERICAN CATHOLIC PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL NEEDS HAVE AN EQUAL CHRISTIAN BAPTISMAL AND IN MY CASE ORDAINED RIGHT TO PUBLIC MINISTRY...............

47 REPUBLICAN U.S. SENATORS SIGN TOM COTTON's LETTER TO IRAN OPPOSING ANY OBAMA ADMINISTRATION REACHED AGREEMENT ON DEVELOPMENT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS...............

AFRICAN BASED TERRORISTS BOKO HARAN LINK UP WITH ISIS...............

THE 3RD SUNDAY OF LENT - WHO ARE THE NEW SAMARITANS WE NEED TO ENCOUNTER AS CHRIST FOLLOWERS ?...............

THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF BLOODY SUNDAY, THE MARCH TO SELMA, AND CIVIL RIGHTS SHOWDOWN AT THE PETTUS BRIDGE...............

FEBRUARY JOBS REPORT SHOWS 295,000 ADDED AND UNEMPLOYMENT RATE @ 5.5% LOWEST IN 8 YEARS...............

GEARING UP FOR THE START OF THE SECOND YEAR OF MY CUA D.MIN STUDIES IN COMING WEEKS...............

SCOTUS TAKES UP THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE ACA INSURANCE EXCHANGES...............

NEW YORK TIMES REPORTS THAT HILLARY CLINTON USED PRIVATE NOT GOVERNMENT E-MAIL AS SECRETARY OF STATE...............

SAN FRANCISCO AUXILIARY + ROBERT MCELROY CHOSEN AS SIXTH BISHOP OF SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA...............

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ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU ARRIVES IN WASHINTON TO DELIVER A CONTROVERSIAL ADDRESS TO THE U.S. CONGRESS...............

"FINDING JESUS" : A 5 SUNDAY CNN SPEC ORIGINAL SERIES DURING MARCH..............................

THE SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT AND OUR URGENT NEED FOR WHOLISTIC TRANSFIRGATION IN JESUS OUR WAY TRUTH AND LIFE...............

PUTIN OPPOSITION MOVEMENT LEADER SHOT DEAD IN THE MIDST OF CONTINUING STRIFE OVER UKRAINIAN CRISIS...............

HOLY CROSS REVEREND FATHER THEODORE HESBURGH. VERY INFLUENTIAL UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME PRESIDENT EMERITUS AND CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST DIES...............

50 REPUBLICAN HOUSE MEMBERS VOTE AGAINST THE 3 WEEK EXTENSION OF HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING AND IT FAILS 203-224 WITH MIDNIGHT MEANING SHUTDOWN...............

SPEAKER BOEHNER WILL SEND ONLY A 3 WEEK EXTENSION STOPGAP BILL OF HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT TO THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE BEFORE MIDNIGHT DEADLINE...............

CALLING FOR "MINISTRY LEADERS WITH A HEART FOR THE DISABLED" IN THE U.S. CATHOLIC CHURCH...............

THREE AMERICAN TERRORISTS LINKED TO ISIS ARRESTED BY THE F.B.I. IN BROOKLYN NEW YORK...............

JOSE DIAZ BELARTT's MSNBC /TELEMUNDO TOWN HALL MEETING ON IMMIGRATION REFORM WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA...............

SENATE MAJORITY LEADER M CCONNELL PROPOSES DECOUPLING HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT FUNDING AND IMMIGRATION REFORM EXECUTIVE ORDERS OVERTURN VOTES...............

SADLY HAVING TO MISS SARA NAVA'S FUNERAL DUE TO THE FLU...............

ISIS KIDNAPS 70 HOSTAGES IN SYRIA INCLUDING WOMEN AND CHILDREN...............

FIGHTING OFF THE FLU SINCE FRIDAY NIGHT...............

THE FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT AND OUR CONVERSION AS CATHOLIC-CHRISTIANS IN RESISTING THE TEMPTATION TO SIN...............

DELIVERING THE INVOCATION @ THE 61st ANNUAL LASALLE CLUB BASEBALL HAME OF FAME DINNER @ CHRISTIAN BROTHERS HIGH SCHOOL...............

ABSTINENCE, WORKS OF CHARITY, DAILY MASS, STATIONS OF THE CROSS, SOUP SUPPERS, SOME OF THE PENITENTIAL ACTS OF LENT CATHOLIC-CHRISTIANS CARRY OUT...............

FUNERAL RITES THIS MORNING FOR JERRIE RICHARDS @ OUR LADY OF LOURDES CHURCH...............

ASH WEDNESDAY - SPRINGING FORWARD INTO LENT 2015...............

MAY SHE REST IN PEACE...JERRIE RICHARDS OLOL PARISHIONER AND MOTHER OF MY VERY GOOD FRIEND CURTIS RICHARDS DIES FOLLOWING A STROKE...............

ISIS BEHEADS 21 EGYPTIAN MALE CHRISTIAN HOSTAGES IN A RELEASED VIDEO- EGYPT RESPONDS WITHIN HOURS WITH AIRSTRIKES...............

WHAT A WONDERFUL WOMAN OF FAMILY AND FAITH SHE WAS - SADDENED WITH OTHERS AT THE DEATH OF SARA NAVA...............

PRESIDENTS DAY USA - WASHINGTON; LINCOLN;.ROOSEVELTS; KENNEDY...REAGAN; OBAMA; AND THE OTHER THIRTY SEVEN WHO HAVE SERVED AS POTUS...............

ON THIS 6TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME BEING PRESENT AND PARTICIPATING IN THE FAREWELL TO SACRAMENTO MASS AND DINNER FOR PARISHIONERS BOB AND IRENE CERVANTES...............

A NEGOTIATED CEASEFIRE IN THE UKRAINE PRECARIOUSLY SCHEDULED COME MIDNIGHT...............

THE UNCANNY SUDDEN DEATH OF CBS NEWS AND "60 MNUTES" NEWS REPORTER BOB SIMON...............

BAPTISMAL DAY FOR THOMAS KUCERA...............

SPEAKER BOEHNER WILL SEND A 3 WEEK EXTENSION OF THE HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT TO THE HOUSE FLOOR BEFORE MIDNIGHT DEADLINE...............

35 MONTHS OF BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST WAREHOUSED AND MARGINALIZED BECAUSE I AM A DISABLED PRIEST AMPUTEE...............

"FATHER EDDIE FROM KILKENNY" - BORN FEBRUARY 11, 1925 : SACRAMENTO's SENIOR HONORARY PRELATE THE RIGHT REVEREND MONSIGNOR EDWARD J. KAVANAGH IS 90 YEARS OLD TODAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...............

AFTER ROUND ONE NEGOTIATING WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN OVER UKRAINE GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL MEETS WITH AND HOLDS NEWS CONFERENCE WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA AT THE WHITE HOUSE...............

POTUS WAS HISTORICALLY CORRECT IN HIS NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST RECOLLECTION OF CHRISTIAN LOW POINTS WHICH STILL OCCUR AGAINST THE DISABLED IN PARTS OF THE U.S. CATHOLIC CHURCH...............

FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - CATHOLIC-CHRISTIANS ARE COMMISSIONED TO BE HEALERS...............

NBC NIGHTLY NEWS ANCHOR BRIAN WILLIAMS CAUGHT IN AN EXAGGERATION / MISTRUTH IN REPORTING SCANDAL REGARDING HIS IRAQ WAR COVERAGE IN 2003...............

SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS CONSERVATIVES BRIDLE AT PRESIDENT OBAMA's NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST REMARKS...............

PENTAGON REPORT INFERS PUTIN MAY HAVE ASPERGERS SYNDROME MEANWHILE SHORES UP FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR UKRAINIAN FORCES...............

JEB BUSH ROLLS OUT A "REFORM CONSERVATISM" IN DETROIT ECONOMIC CLUB ADDRESS...............

RECENTLY INSTALLED VERMONT BISHOP +CHRISTOPHER COYNE SPEAKS MUCH OF THE KIND OF CATHOLIC SHEPHERDS POPE FRANCIS DESIRES FOR THE CHURCH GOING FORWARD...............

THE JANUARY SACRAMENTO PRESBYTERAL COUNCIL RESCHEDULED FOR TODAY...............

PRESIDENT OBAMA PROPOSES HIS MIDDLE CLASS ECONOMICS FEDERAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015-2016...............

'EMPOWERING US ALL" PARTICULARLY THE DISABLED WITH PROSTETICS MICROSOFT's SUPER BOWL 49 COMMERCIAL PROCLAIMS...............

MODERATING THE R.C.I.A. BREAKING OF THE WORD ON THIS "SOUPER" BOWL SUNDAY 2015...............

FORMER MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR MITT ROMNEY WILL NOT RUN FOR PRESIDENT A THIRD TIME IN 2016...............

AT THIS WEEK'S GENERAL AUDIENCE POPE FRANCIS EXCORIATES DADS TO BE TRUE TO THEIR DUTY AS MORALLY RESPONSIBLE AND LOVING ROLE MODELS...............

WEDNESDAY NIGHT's SACHEART DADS STUDY GROUP SEASON 5 SESSION 1...............

THRILLED "THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING" FILM STAR EDDIE REDMAYNE WON THE SCREEN ACTORS GUILD LEAD DRAMATIC ACTOR AWARD SUNDAY ON THE ROAD TO THE 'OSCARS' ON FEBRUARY 22ND...............

LEADING TUESDAY NIGHT'S SACHEART R.C.I.A. PRESENTATION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CATHOLIC-CHRISTIAN MORAL LIFE..............

THE BLIZZARD OF 2015 STRIKES NEW ENGLAND AND NEW YORK ON THE EASTERN SWABOARD AS 29 MILLION FACE A HISTORIC, LIFE THREATENING, STPRM...............

REVEREND FATHER RICHARD MCBRIEN HIGHLY RESPECTED AMERICAN THEOLOGIAN AND AUTHOR DIES @ 78 IN CONNECTICUT

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THE THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - SUSTENANCE DERIVED FROM BELIEVING AND PERSEVERING IN THE GOSPEL VALUES OF JESUS THE CHRIST...............

CURRENT CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICAN POLITICS : FROM SPEAKER BOEHNER's HOUSE INVITATION TO ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU TO REPRESENTATIVE STEVE KING's FREEDOM SUMMIT IN IOWA AND THE KOCH BROTHERS 3 SENATORS PRIMARY APPEARANCE...............

COACH BILL BELICHICK, QUARTERBACK TOM BRADY AND THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS FOOTBALL DEFLATION CONTROVERSY AS THEY HEAD INTO SUPERBOWL 49 ON FEBRUARY 1ST...............

POPE FRANCIS DECLARES POVERTY IS CAUSED BY UNJUST ECONOMIC SYSTEM NOT BY BIG FAMILIES...............

SACRAMENTO's ECUMENICAL PRAYER SERVICE IN THE WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY 2015 IN THE CATHEDRAL OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT...............

THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS 2015 AND PRESIDENT OBAMA's PROPOSALS FOR MOVING FORWARD...............

MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY 2015 - PROGRESSING FORWARD OR SHIFTING BACKWARDS ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS ?...............

THE ECUMENICAL WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY JANUARY 18TH - 25TH 2015 ; "JESUS SAID TO HER, GIVE ME A DRINK" (JOHN 4:7)...............

DISABLED AND SPECIAL NEEDS CATHOLIC-CHRISTIANS DESERVE INCLUSION AND EMPOWERMENT AND NOT INDIFFERENCE AND BEING TREATED AS OUTCASTS BY THE CHURCH...............

POPE FRANCIS SAYS HE HOPES TO CANONIZE BLESSED JUNIPERO SERRA "EVANGELIZER OF THE WEST" ON HIS U.S. VISIT THIS FALL...............

OHIO MAN ARRESTED FOR TERRORIST THREATS TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL BUILDING...............

MITT ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT 2016 TRYING TO WIN THE WHITE HOUSE A THIRD TIME ?...............

A RENEWED ISIS TERRORISM THREAT ON AMERICANS IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE PARIS KILLINGS...............

OPENING ORDINARY TIME IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2015...............

WITH CHRISTMAS FAITH PERSEVERING IN MY BAPTISMAL AND ORDINATION COMMITMENTS DESPITE MY AMPUTATION AND RESULTING DISCRIMINATION...............

AL QAEDA AFFILIATED KOUACHI BROTHERS COME OUT SHOOTING AS THREE DAY TERRORIST RAMPAGE ENDS OUTSIDE PARIS WITH FRENCH AUTHORITIES KILLING THEM BOTH...............

WHO IS LIKELY TO BE THE NEXT U.S. SENATOR FROM CALIFORNIA AS BARBARA BOXER'S SUCCESSOR ?...............

FOUR TERM CALIFORNIA UNITED STATES SENATOR BARBARA BOXER ANNOUNCES SHE WILL NOT RUN FOR RE-ELECTION IN 2016...............

MURDEROUS TERRORIST ATTACK KILLS TWELVE AT FRENCH SATIRICAL MAGAZINE IN PARIS...............

GEARING UP FOR RESUMPTION OF THE SACRED HEART DADS GROUP...............

THE FUNERAL FOR GOVERNOR MARIO CUOMO 1932-2015 IN NEW YORK...............

THE HISTORIC FOURTH INAUGURATION OF GOVERNOR EDMUND G. 'JERRY' BROWN JR. -CALIFORNIA's LONGEST SERVING GOVERNOR...............

POPE FRANCIS ANNOUNCES THE NAMES OF 20 NEW CARDINALS - NO AMERICANS ON THE LIST...............

GETTING READY TO CONVENE THE OPENING OF THE 114TH REPUBLICAN MAJORITY CONGRESS...............

AS A DISABLED PRIEST I AM A BKA AMPUTEE - AS OF THIS WEEK SO TOO IS THE BISHOP OF TRENTON NEW JERSEY...............

MARIO CUOMO THREE TERM FORMER GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK PUTATIVE PRESIDENTIAL AND SUPREME COURT CANDIDATE DIES OF HEART FAILURE AT 82...............