Some sort of grand moot to cultivate an intellectual definition of Catholicism on the internet is probably needed. So many styles.
Joe-your the man,I am a brat catholic, faimagal, and love all freepers much,baby of ABC with anthrax-we are praying for you .
My Husband and I are VERY proud to state that we are Catholics from ST. PAUL THE APOSTLE Parish in Chino Hills, CA (The Largest Parish in San Bernardino County, CA) to become members of THE FREE REPUBLIC CAUCUS
Catholic school teacher checking in... long time lurker, first time poster. Best, Liberandos
Proud to be Catholic. Never prouder than after reading the following, an account of the relative of a friend lost at WTC on 9/11.
From the Philly Inquirer 10/8/01 (sorry - the actual link no longer is active, I call it: WORKING HIS BEADS.
Funeral Mass to be said for Daniel F. McGinley
By Rusty Pray
INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated today for Daniel F. McGinley, 40, a devoted husband and father, devout Roman Catholic and proud Irishman presumed to have died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City.
Mr. McGinley, the oldest of five sons in a big Philadelphia family, lived in Ridgewood, N.J., where he sang "Danny Boy" every year at the Knights of Columbus dinner.
A senior vice president of the brokerage Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Mr. McGinley was on the 89th floor of the South Tower when it was struck by United Airlines Flight 175.
In calls to his wife, Peggy, and his brother Dennis, he told them of witnessing the first jet crash into the North Tower.
"He told [Dennis] it was horrifying," said his brother Marty. "He was upset. He was witnessing awful things - people jumping out of windows - and he was praying for them. When he called his wife, he was saying the rosary."
Mr. McGinley, who carried a rosary wherever he went, told his wife he was "working his beads" - his way of telling her he was saying the rosary. Then, the second plane hit.
His body has not been found.
Practicing his faith was more than a once-a-week exercise for Mr. McGinley, who was thinking of becoming a priest while an undergraduate at Seton Hall University, where he met his wife, a nurse.
He graduated from Seton Hall with a bachelor's degree in theology, then started a career in business.
Married 12 years, he was the father of five and a soccer dad. He coached his children's soccer, baseball and ice hockey teams. He loved ice hockey and played it twice a week.
As serious as he was about his faith, he was equally passionate about his Irish heritage. Not only did he sing at Knights of Columbus dinners, he belted out Irish tunes at every party he attended or threw.
Every March 17, he would take the day off from work, get his children out of school, and take them and his wife to New York for the St. Patrick's Day parade.
Mr. McGinley was born in Philadelphia and, as a boy, lived for a short time in Roxborough, where his mother, Connie, grew up. His father, Daniel, is from Olney.
The morning of the hijackings, the elder McGinley underwent heart bypass surgery at a North Jersey hospital. He was not told of the attack until days later.
Mr. McGinley spent most of his youth in Haworth, N.J., not far from Ridgewood. He graduated from Northern Valley Regional High School in 1978, then went to Seton Hall.
He had worked for Keefe Bruyette for almost 10 years.
Mr. McGinley also is survived by sons Terrence, Peter, and Patrick; daughters Maddie and Anne; and two other brothers, Thomas and Michael.
A Funeral Mass will be said at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church, 1 Passaic St., Ridgewood.
Memorial donations may be made to the Daniel F. McGinley Family Trust, c/o Margel & Associates, 28 Farview Terrace, Paramus, N.J. 07652.
Retired from RTP. I'm going to try to do the flag now.
Add me to your list. Checking in from LA LA Land on the left coast.
Great thread -- I used to think I was the only conservative Catholic on earth! Good to see so many fellow travelers
Yep, only one creep but she went away. It's been lovely.
Hey! don't forget me. My first eight years of schooling under the Felician Sisters...glad to get on board.
