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November 2023

November 20, 2023

Hollywood Vs. Audience and Actors -LWIL # 46

Catholics, Atheists, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, Mormons and others all love movies, stories and being...

September 2023

September 14, 2023

1775 Was a Heck of a Ride Around the Sun

Last Time on HORATS The Mystery Begins 25 Years Before The Revolution 1750 -1774 |...

September 04, 2023

Last Month In Life# 8-Weeks 31-35

Usually I write my 'Last Week In Life' post detailing what happened in history and...

August 2023

August 21, 2023

What I love and How I Write About History

If you’re a lover of good compelling stories That not only inspire you But also...

August 15, 2023

Mary Through the Liturgical Year

“God, Who made the sun, also made the moon. The moon does not take away...

January 2023

January 16, 2023

Last Week and Year In Life: Week 2- 2023-Elvis’s Big Week

Here I go for round 2 of looking back at what happened... Last Week and...

January 09, 2023

Last Week and Year In Life Week 1 2023-Beginning Again

Back in 2021 I attempted to chronicle all the major Catholic and non-Catholic news stories...

January 01, 2023

22 Year In Review, 100 Years Ago and Now

100 Years Ago And Now A look back at the year 22 19 and 20...

August 2022

August 28, 2022

While Vatican 2 Was Going On, This Also Happen

Pope Pius XII March 2, 1939 -October 9, 1958 In 1958 Pope Pius XII retired...

August 25, 2022

Make New Memories Even If They Fade

24 years ago in 1998 you were a year fresh out of college and you...

January 2022

January 27, 2022

On The Day I Was Born, This Also Happen…

The Second Vatican Council, began on October 11, 1962 by Pope John XXIII and was closed...

October 2021

October 31, 2021

While You Were Out Trick or Treating This Also Happen

It's the time of the year when the annual Trick or Treating day of appropriating...

August 2021

August 15, 2021

While Mary Was Assumed Into Heaven This Also Happened

71 years ago, the dogma of Assumption of Mary was first promulgated by Ven. Pius...

July 2021

July 04, 2021

While You Were Setting Off Fireworks, This Also Happen

July 4th is the feast day of Saint Elizabeth of Portugal The Aphelion, the point in the...

May 2021

May 31, 2021

Remembering the Holy Men and Women of World War II

Memorial Day is the day we remember our fallen brother and sisters in arms who...

May 21, 2021

Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious 50’s Part 2

Welcome to part 2 of Jimmy Akin's Mysterious 50's Click on here for Part 1...

May 19, 2021

Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious 50’s Part 1

One of the most fascinating time periods in modern history is the 1950’s. In the...

January 2021

January 27, 2021

At 50 I’m Not Ready For a Coffin in the Basement

Just recently my wife and I got into a rather spirited argument over a grave...

December 2020

December 31, 2020

2020 Vision in Hindsight Part 2

If anything 2020 proved that some artists just keep on being creative. This is the...

December 30, 2020

2020 Vision in Hindsight Part 1

This Year… 2020 This is the year Francis was Pope. This is the year Donald Trump was President This is...

October 2020

October 19, 2020

Sufferings, Trials and Hope

Our Personal History is also surrounded by actual history. These are the Sufferings and Trials...

October 11, 2020

Catholic Bard History 101

July 18, 1970- All 23 persons on board a Soviet plane, carrying relief supplies for...

October 10, 2020

100 Posts and 100 Years Ago…

This Post 100 Posts and 100 Years Ago… This Year… 2020 This is the year...

September 2020

September 22, 2020

Catholic Thought Since Vatican 2

The church is always changing and growing in the understanding of the deposit of faith...

September 17, 2020

Vatican 2 Information Resources

Today is the feast of St. Robert Bellarmine. He was a bishop who put into effect...

September 11, 2020

Remembering Where You Were

I’m writing these particular words on Labor Day, September 7th, 2020 on my wife’s computer....

August 2020

August 15, 2020

The Immaculate Connections

If you were an artist, would you allow someone to prepare your canvas with daubs?...

July 2020

July 19, 2020

50 Years of Catholic History During My Life: The Next 25

This is our 50th post, Not that anyone cares Not even me, I was not...

July 18, 2020

50 Years of Catholic History During My Life: The First 25

50 Posts ago... We put up our first article at Catholic bard. It got me...

May 2020

May 25, 2020

Papal Statements During Wartime

On the occasion of Memorial Day, here is a list of quotes by our pontiffs...