Tag: Washington DC

• The White Hills of Rockville

  Author’s Note: Some of my more liberal-minded readers might not agree with my positions in this essay, and that’s okay. Read or don’t read, the choice is yours, these views are mine. In the words of General Douglas MacArthur: “Last, but by no means least, courage-moral courage, the courage of one’s convictions, the courage to…

  michardillo

  January 24, 2016

  Essay

  #blizzard2016, A Day’s Wait, Abortion, Catholic, Catholic school, Catholicism, Chris Coleman, Ernest Hemingway, Hadley Richardson, Hills Like White Elephants, John Steinbeck, Jonas, literature, March for Life, Pauline Pfeiffer, Pro-choice, Pro-life, Roe vs. Wade, teaching, The Old Man and the Sea, The Sun Also Rises, Washington DC

• Papal Fever: Say Two Prayers and Call Me in the Morning

  A quick search on the internet brings up over four million hits about the latest “epidemic” to hit the United States: Papal Fever. Since the moment the Holy Father, Pope Francis, went wheels up in Cuba, America has been swept up in a frenzy of enthusiastic support of this soft-spoken and humble man in his…

  michardillo

  September 27, 2015

  Essay

  Basilica, Catholic University of America, CUA, Junipero Serra, Papal Mass, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis, Pope John Paul II, Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington DC