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Twenty Years is Really Just the Beginning
From L to R: Gay & Carlos Castillo, Andy Lazo, Fr. Rolo Castillo, Linda Lazo, Fr. Rene Castillo, Flor & Roberto Castillo, Mila & Joseph Rivera. I have heard it said about the past, but can the future flash before your eyes? I have a distinct memory of that rainy Saturday morning twenty years ago…
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Staying Connected
I promised Bethany I would put this photo on my blog. The remnant of last year’s Confirmation class going out to lunch after the 11am liturgy. We do this every 2nd and 4th Sunday, to a local dining establishment, to keep connected … to talk about preparations for college … to talk about family, parents,…
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The Can o’ Green Beans Story
A friend of mine, Sharon, in Roanoke underwent surgery in 2003 to remove a tumor from her abdomen, and a chemotherapy series after surgery. When I visited with her about a year after, she was preparing to return to surgery after the discovery of yet another tumor in the same spot as the last one.…
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Goodnight, my friend. Sweet Dreams.
Andrew Wyeth, Master Bedroom Virginia Beach VA 2003 It is with sadness that I share with you the passing of a dear friend of 12 years. Chief was an AKC registered pure-bred Yellow Labrador Retriever that I adopted in Roanoke from the St. Francis Service Dog Foundation when he was but a year old. For many…
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Silver Anniversary
My sister Fina & husband Bob, celebrating 25 years. I was in college when my sister got married at the Base Chapel of Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base in Norfolk VA in 1985. Bob came into the family, a USAF Airman from Montana, from a family of two kids – one younger sister. We were…
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Beginnings & Beyond @ Thunder Bay ONT
I hit the road again for Canada last Friday, to participate in the RCIA Institute: Beginnings and Beyond, conducted by the North American FORUM on the Catechumenate. I arrived in Thunder Bay ON well after 11pm on Saturday, a road trip that took 22+ hours (not including sleep of course). Temperatures were cooler than back…
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Jubilee Celebration
Three days of it, although only two were really planned. Saturday was at the parish in Caringbah where Fr. Kerry had spent 25 of his 50 years of priestly ministry. The church was packed, seating 600 people when full. The music was extraordinary, the parish choir and a visiting Vietnamese choir. As well, there were…
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South to Albany WA, Back to Perth & Fremantle … and Venezia for Dinner
On Sunday afternoon, we headed south to Albany on the southern coast of Western Australia, a 4 and a half hour trip, rain intermittently all the way down. We were staying at the home of Jack B., age 91, father of former parishioners of Fr. Kerry in Caringbah, Dot & John. The Perth-Albany Highway, a…
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