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
Tag Archives: Catholicism
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
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