The CatholiCity Message

Volume II, Number 15 – April 15, 1998

Dear CatholiCity Citizen,

Testing, testing, one two three. Two fascinating (at least to us) items this week, plus a Spring joke:

1. HIS MOM WAS REALLY EXCITED TODAY
Steve Breen is serious about his Catholic faith, and it shows in his work. He is a political cartoonist for the Asbury Park Press. His hilarious cartoons have been reprinted in Time, Newsweek, and many other national periodicals. (Our favorite is his recent one titled "Lord of the Dance," depicting Bill Clinton dressed up ala Michael Flatley, dancing around the word "TRUTH" painted on the floor...) Today Steve made the front cover of the New York Times. Steve just won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize. Wow. Congrats, Steve. You're one in a million.

2. THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW
Last time we recorded a talk in Indiana. This Friday, April 17th, Dr. Robert McDonald is flying in from Canada to record yet another new audio for the Mary Foundation. Dr. McDonald grew up in Scotland and immigrated to Canada many years ago. He holds a rare double-degree in Medicine and Psychotherapy. He is also an ordained Catholic deacon. "Deacon Bob" is a particularly gifted speaker, and like Fr. Corapi, who was practically unknown a few years ago when the Mary Foundation released an audio tape by the now-familiar EWTN priest, American Catholics are going to go bananas over this guy. Please pray and fast on bread and water (again) on Friday that the doc's plane flight and recording session (this time in the Mary Foundation studios here in Ohio) go well, and that this recording will have the power to change lives.

3. OUR ANNUAL SPRING GOLF JOKE
The golf pro at a local country club is playing at the annual tournament on his own course, and is leading by one stroke on the 18th with his ball on the fairway. All his friends, associates, and even his wife are in the gallery beyond the green. After much discussion (almost an argument) with his caddy–an old man with decades of experience on the course–the pro goes against his own better judgement and uses his eight iron, as his caddy recommends, instead of the nine iron. He lines up the shot, swings, and the ball goes over the green and strikes the golf pro's wife right between the eyes. She dies instantly.

A year goes by. Same golf pro, same tournament, same hole–the 18th, same lie on the fairway, and the golf pro is again leading by one stroke. But this year he has a new caddy. The caddy advises, "You should use the eight iron." The golf pro winces. "That's what my caddy told me last year. I thought I should've used the nine iron." The caddy pauses, looking toward the packed gallery. "So what did you use?" "I used the eight iron," the pro replied, a tear forming in his eye. "So what happened?" the new caddy pressed.

"It was a disaster," the pro answered sadly. "I overshot the green, double bogied, and lost the tournament."

Have a Blessed Divine Mercy Sunday.

Yours in Christ,

The Folks at CatholiCity