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Tag Archives: Catholicism

Reflections on the end of another Chicago baseball season

Posted on October 10, 2008 by Mike PontilloFebruary 19, 2022

Image adapted from www.matthewoverton.com I’m a Cub fan. Being a Cub fan has its privileges. Among them are suffering, humiliation, and heartbreak. This year, the pain was almost exquisite. The Cubs finished the regular season with 97 wins, only to … Continue reading →

Tagged baseball, Catholicism, Cubs, White Sox

Let’s give it up for…Lent!

Posted on February 9, 2005 by Mike PontilloOctober 28, 2011

Today begins the season of Lent, in which, across the globe, Christians (and especially Catholics) observe the forty-day period between Mardi Gras and Easter Sunday with their own peculiar mix of ritual and superstition. As a child in Catholic school, … Continue reading →

Tagged Catholicism, morality, PETA, religion, school

Bring in da noize

Posted on December 18, 2003 by Mike PontilloFebruary 19, 2022

Back in the 1970’s, I was a student at St. Mary Star of the Sea, a Catholic grade school and parish in the West Lawn neighborhood of Chicago’s southwest side. I therefore was privileged to have the full Catholic Experience, … Continue reading →

Tagged Catholicism, music, nuns, school
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