Thursday, June 25, 2020

Steve and Anna's Wedding: homily by Joe Chappelle 6/25/2016

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Marriage. Once again, it is the last weekend in June in NYC, which can mean only one thing. Tomorrow, more than a million of our brothers ...
Wednesday, April 22, 2020

PROTESTING THE COVID-19 LOCKDOWN: ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE AND DOING THE RIGHT THING

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Citizens in Virginia, Ohio, San Diego and Michigan are protesting for the right to lift the stay at home orders and go back to work. They ...
Thursday, October 31, 2019

POEM: WHAT THE LIVING DO

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After Marie Howe It begins with the excavation of a body, the bloody sutures, the swollen diseased organ, removed, until the body is ...
Saturday, August 17, 2019

Last Day At The Lake: August 17, 2019

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(Missing from the picture, Steve, Anna and Jude) LAST DAY AT THE LAKE AUGUST 17, 2019 The house is sadder without the others. ...
Friday, April 05, 2019

BECAUSE FAITH IN MY OWN SUFFERING IS LIKE A BURLAP SACK, FILLED WITH BURNT EARTH

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In Ethiopia, no stranger to grief, they bury the dead from the Lion Air 737 Max 8 crash in caskets with sacks filled with the scor...
Monday, December 03, 2018

WHAT I WILL MISS ABOUT BOB TOTH

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When I heard the news that Bob would  not return through those doors, the place felt empty, even though there was a dozen people working the...
Monday, November 19, 2018

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30 Poems in 30 Days Fund Raiser for Center for New Americans Nov 1, 2018   I AM FROM   I am from loud dinners that shun propr...