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2024-09-24T23:32:31-05:00

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Where We Got The Bible

Last updated on: September 24, 2024 at 11:32 pm By Mark Wilson

In the world of social media or in real life you might run into a protestant who blasts Catholics for believing things contrary to scripture. When they do this it is good to remember that the bible is a Catholic book and that they borrowed it from us and then have the sheer audacity to try and use it against us. Catholics constantly say that the Catholic Church GAVE us the Bible…..this is obviously not true, as GOD gave us... Read more

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Ancestors of Popes and Presidents Alive in 1889

Last updated on: October 25, 2024 at 12:18 am By Mark Wilson

Last Time on HOARATS Descendants Of Popes And Presidents Alive In 1889 | The Descendants Of Popes And Presidents Alive In 1889. (patheos.com) This Time… Just before the start of the American revolution against the British empire on April 19, 1775 Pope Pius VI became pope #250 on February 15, 1775 which lasted until August 29, 1799 (24 years, 195 days). That was the year that our first American president died on December 14, 1799. 1889 marks the centennial anniversary of George being... Read more

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Descendants of Popes and Presidents Alive in 1889

Last updated on: November 11, 2024 at 5:08 am By Mark Wilson

Last Time on HOARATS Saints And Other Catholics Alive And Well In 1889 | Saints Who Were Alive In 1889. And Now… Just before the start of the American revolution against the British empire on April 19, 1775 Pope Pius VI became pope #250 on February 15, 1775 which lasted until August 29, 1799 (24 years, 195 days). That was the year that our first American president died on December 14, 1799. 1889 marks the centennial anniversary of George being sworn into office.... Read more

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Saints and other Catholics Alive and Well in 1889

Last updated on: November 16, 2025 at 5:18 am By Mark Wilson

Last Time on HOARATS While Marty And Doc Traveled Through Time This Also Happened | A Look At The Various Time Periods That Marty And Doc Visit In Back To The Future (patheos.com) This Time… In my particular series of historical blog posts (Heck of a Ride Around the Sun) I have tried to include and insert many many canonized Catholic Saints, Blesseds, Venerables and Servants of God into the timelines. I may have missed some and it’s hard to... Read more

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2024-09-20T08:59:30-05:00

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While Marty and Doc Traveled Through Time This Also Happened

Last updated on: September 20, 2024 at 8:59 am By Mark Wilson

Last Time on HOARATS 1st Electric Circus Garden Outlaws – 1880 – 1888 Now we focus on these years beginning in 1885 The Year Marty McFly and Doc Brown time traveled to the old westin their Time Traveling Delorean. Also, two stepbrothers accidentally invent a time machine and are transported from the present day to 1885, where they come into conflict with the local mayor and are Lost in the West. Picture This W. L. Wyllie Storm and Sunshine: A Battle with the Elements... Read more

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The CB’s List of 18th and 19th Century Saints 1750 – 1888

Last updated on: October 24, 2025 at 8:21 am By Mark Wilson

In my particular series of historical blog posts (Heck of a Ride Around the Sun) I have tried to include and insert many many canonized Catholic Saints, Blesseds, Venerables and Servants of God into the timelines. I may have missed some and it’s hard to go back and drop them into history. So I’m putting them here in this particular series of articles on the Catholic Bard’s List of Saints. I took the General Roman Calendar, some books on saints,... Read more

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1st Electric Circus Garden Outlaws – 1880 – 1888

Last updated on: September 20, 2024 at 9:00 am By Mark Wilson

Last Time on HOARATS The Post Civil War Years – 1870 – 1879 As we enter into the 1880’s Rutherford B. Hayes (1822–1893) was president # 44 March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881 Leo XIII (March 2, 1810 – July 20, 1903) was Pope # 256 Papal Reign February 20, 1878 – July 20, 1903 (25 years, 150 days) Electricity starts to be more widely used. P.T. Barnum starts a circus and gets an elephant. The first movie that... Read more

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This Month in Life September 2024

Last updated on: August 31, 2024 at 8:24 pm By Mark Wilson

Here is what is going on this month in life in the 9th month of September in the year 2024. Sunday September 1, 2024 TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Day 244: Susanna’s Righteousness — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) (youtube.com Day 244: The Virtue of Charity — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube 1532 – Lady Anne Boleyn is made Marquess of Pembroke by her fiancé, King Henry VIII of England. 1772 – The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is... Read more

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Know Your Heresy Patrick

Last updated on: August 29, 2024 at 7:07 am By Mark Wilson

O.K. Patrick, in the early days of the infant Christian church different viewpoints started to arise about just who the person and identity of Jesus Christ truly is. Some heretical opinions surfaced that challenged the apostolic orthodox tradition of who Christ is and also got the early church fathers thinking about how to clearly proclaim with dogmatic certitude what the church left in charge by Jesus truly believed about the identity of her founder. Patrick is the name given to... Read more

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The Challenges and Spiritual Lessons of Traveling

Last updated on: August 26, 2024 at 8:26 am By Mark Wilson

Kristin and I both recently returned from traveling to Ireland. Today I have to return to the real world and resume my activities. Not sure I’m ready to go back to normal from visiting A land of greenfields and ancient castles. Doesn’t matter how I feel, it’s time. We had a grand lovely experience while traveling and visiting historic sites and extended family members. I’m gonna write a whole post dedicated to that. But every great adventure like normal life... Read more

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