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Author Archives: bakrawiec
once in a lifetime…missed
In honor of St. Francis of Assisi, whose feast day is Oct. 4th, many area churches are holding animal blessing services this weekend. Each year when that happens, I think about the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity I missed while on assignment in … Continue reading
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no time for blogging today…
Sorry… Just an read amazing study…Need to race right to kitchen, empty cupboards and get dishwashing–before husband awakens and beats me to it…Why? Read for yourself! Happy suddzing! What research study benefits has retirement given you an opportunity to enjoy?
Posted in Housework, Retirement
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lockdown drills etc.
Once again the unspeakable happened on an American college campus. As a former educator, don’t get me started on what I have seen and experienced with students’ mentally illnesses. (Pardon me if I’m rash judging the cause of yesterday’s brutal … Continue reading
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Today’s the day to celebrate our (older) age!
Today is the annual International Day of Older People. Yes! Why not? Let us proudly claim our (older) age. How can we give positive witness to this stage of life? Please comment or Tweet your ideas to: @bakrawiec #RetiredLadyBoomerChat #BlendedAgingChat … Continue reading
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Ready? Tomorrow’s the big day!
Tomorrow is the annual International Day of Older People. Let us claim our glorious age. How can we give positive witness to this stage of life? Please comment, or Tweet your ideas to: @bakrawiec #RetiredLadyBoomerChat #BlendedAgingChat Here’s my idea: Forget … Continue reading
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Fewer than 200 followers?
Continued request and reminder, please…. Having recently been honored to receive the “new blogger” Liebster Award, it is now my privilege and responsibility to nominate five to ten other bloggers for this distinction. In order to be eligible for the … Continue reading
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another Papal Mass…20 years earlier
Watching televised events of the current Holy Father’s trip to the United States triggered memories of the Papal Mass I was privileged to attend twenty years earlier, in 1995, celebrated in, what was then called, Giants Stadium. What struck me … Continue reading
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disposable…
How blessed we are to have access to so many holy shrines in this country, especially in the Philadelphia area where the Holy Father spent the grande finale of his United States visit. (Dare I refer to it as a … Continue reading
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Pope’s gift from US
As much as I love the Litany of the Saints, sung during special Masses, such as Masses of Canonization and Priestly Ordination, I took special enjoyment and pride listening to the Litany during the Papal Mass in which Fr. Serra … Continue reading
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Claiming w/Speaker Boehner a discernment blessing
As a woman of the Catholic faith, I have been greatly blessed by having been schooled in Jesuit spirituality. For six years, I was ministered to most powerfully by an amazing group of Jesuits during women’s retreats. Even more, for … Continue reading
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