A university, three letters, Air Supply, and A10

St. John Baptist de la Salle, priest

My reader (do I have more than one? lol) will probably wonder what they have in common, and rightly they should be wondering. 

No Papal appointments to the USA or of note to speak of today so I decided to turn my attention to what may be seen as a more "traditional" blog post.  (I ask myself--is there such a thing?)  Eh..maybe not, but I digress and delve into the topics straight away as our brothers and sisters in Britain would say.

A university:  on last night's episode of Dog the Bounty Hunter (Wednesdays at 9 PM on A&E) the Chapman's house kepper of sorts, whose name escapes me, was preparing to graduate from college.  He was a student at Chaminade University in Honolulu, a Catholic university operated by the Society of Mary (Marists).  Without having any graduation party in mind, the show went on, detailing the capture of Da Kine's latest fugitive on Maui--the Chapmans live on Oahu.  Oh, before I forget, Da Kine is the name of the bail bonds company operated by Duane "Dog" Chapman and his family.  The fugitive, after Dog and his family scouring the island of Maui for two days and being confronted by the fugitive's father who tried to say that they were not trying to help their son, peacefully surrendered to police on his own accord.  While Dog wants to be the one to catch the bounty, the surrender allowed the family time to make it back to Honolulu to attend Chaminade's commencement.  Only a small glimpse was shown of the school's president, Brother Bernard Ploeger, SM.  The episode ended of everyone gathered in a large tent celebrating the graduation. 

I know the Chapmans are deeply devout Christians--not sure what denomination.  Either way, they are a good Christian family who are in harms way intentionally--something to find commendable.

Three letters:  Today's reponses are from Indiana, Texas, and Delaware.  Deacon Thomas Ward from St. Simon the Apostle in Indianapolis, IN; Fr. Michael Peinemann, a priest of the Archdiocese of San Antonio, who serves as Confessor and Spiritual Director at Assumption Seminary in San Antonio and as Sacramental Assistant at St. Anthony Parish in Harper, TX (said that I remind of a young John Paul II); and Wilmington, DE Bishop William Francis Malooly. 

Air Supply:  On the Comcast Digital cable lineup are several music channels, which provide 24/7 music of all sorts.  A few nights back before going to bed, I was channel flipping and on came Air Supply, a 1980s Australian duo.  Ever since then, I have had their hit "Making Love Out of Nothing At All" in my head.  This is all compounded by the fact that I have saved the song on my YouTube favorites.  Dang you YouTube.

The final portion of today's post centers around a new international racing series called A10.  The series has the same concept as the now defunct A1GP series.  Drivers competing for their home nation rather than as inviduals.  Sounds like a great concept and I hope it sees more success than A1GP did. 

Thanks for reading and May God bless!