Charles, OFM Cap.
@frcharles.bsky.social
Capuchin friar. Like the Garbage Pail Kids version of St. Bonaventure
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Charles, OFM Cap.
@frcharles.bsky.social
· Dec 17
"Social media has contributed to your intellectual deterioration, as it has for so many others." ~ my dad, Z"L
A local note shared with me during today's funeral procession to the cemetery: "See that little house? When I was a kid there was a lady there who used to give me a piece of baloney. Baloney and a dollar bill."
January 24, 2026 at 7:11 PM
A local note shared with me during today's funeral procession to the cemetery: "See that little house? When I was a kid there was a lady there who used to give me a piece of baloney. Baloney and a dollar bill."
A local note shared with me during today's funeral procession to the cemetery: "See that little house? When I was a kid there was a lady there who used to give me a piece of baloney. Baloney and a dollar bill."
January 24, 2026 at 7:11 PM
A local note shared with me during today's funeral procession to the cemetery: "See that little house? When I was a kid there was a lady there who used to give me a piece of baloney. Baloney and a dollar bill."
Honestly I'm almost at the point of declining to help friars with any Apple device. I just don't know it very well. Trouble is, various friars have iPhones and iPads, and they tend to be the ones who are missing basic concepts in the imagination of an online ecosystem.
January 24, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Honestly I'm almost at the point of declining to help friars with any Apple device. I just don't know it very well. Trouble is, various friars have iPhones and iPads, and they tend to be the ones who are missing basic concepts in the imagination of an online ecosystem.
Trying to help this friar setup and sync an iPad someone gave him, which is turning out to be very difficult since he does not grasp the concept of a browser or of the "cloud."
January 24, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Trying to help this friar setup and sync an iPad someone gave him, which is turning out to be very difficult since he does not grasp the concept of a browser or of the "cloud."
Just as every sort of gem, cast in honey, becomes brighter and more sparkling, each according to its color, so each person becomes more acceptable and fitting in his own vocation when he sets his vocation in the context of devotion. ~ St. Francis de Sales (Office of Readings)
January 24, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Just as every sort of gem, cast in honey, becomes brighter and more sparkling, each according to its color, so each person becomes more acceptable and fitting in his own vocation when he sets his vocation in the context of devotion. ~ St. Francis de Sales (Office of Readings)
Everyone prefers creativity and freedom to being boxed into a tyrannical system, which is why we all ran from MySpace to Facebook.
January 24, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Everyone prefers creativity and freedom to being boxed into a tyrannical system, which is why we all ran from MySpace to Facebook.
The measure of a someone’s love for God depends upon how deeply aware he is of God’s love for him. ~ Diadochus of Photice (Office of Readings)
January 23, 2026 at 2:25 PM
The measure of a someone’s love for God depends upon how deeply aware he is of God’s love for him. ~ Diadochus of Photice (Office of Readings)
Why do these weather people keep telling me about what the European model says? What do Europeans know about snow in New York? They should mind their own business.
January 23, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Why do these weather people keep telling me about what the European model says? What do Europeans know about snow in New York? They should mind their own business.
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Over the years I had several conversations on Church-related issues with him and he was an excellent reporter and a quite faithful believer. RIP John L. Allen Jr, 1965-2026 cruxnow.com/church/2026/...
John L. Allen Jr, 1965-2026
John L. Allen Jr. was a force of nature, certainly as a journalist who was not only our principal but also a model for us, whose counsel and whose company we already and forever shall sorely miss.
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January 22, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Over the years I had several conversations on Church-related issues with him and he was an excellent reporter and a quite faithful believer. RIP John L. Allen Jr, 1965-2026 cruxnow.com/church/2026/...
Also in the decree from Causes of Saints today, recognition of the martyrdom of Fr. Augusto Raffaele Ramírez Monasterio, OFM, parish priest in Antigua, Guatemala, assassinated in 1983.
January 22, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Also in the decree from Causes of Saints today, recognition of the martyrdom of Fr. Augusto Raffaele Ramírez Monasterio, OFM, parish priest in Antigua, Guatemala, assassinated in 1983.
Indeed, if Christ had not sacrificed himself for us, we could not offer any sacrifice. For it is in him that our human nature becomes a redemptive offering. ~ St. Fulgentius of Ruspe (Office of Readings)
January 22, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Indeed, if Christ had not sacrificed himself for us, we could not offer any sacrifice. For it is in him that our human nature becomes a redemptive offering. ~ St. Fulgentius of Ruspe (Office of Readings)
It cracks me up when the funeral home lists a cremation as private. It's like, I hope it is; I don't want to go in the furnace with them.
January 22, 2026 at 1:31 PM
It cracks me up when the funeral home lists a cremation as private. It's like, I hope it is; I don't want to go in the furnace with them.
New venerable today called Sister Crocifissa, which is a pretty outstanding religious name.
January 22, 2026 at 12:05 PM
New venerable today called Sister Crocifissa, which is a pretty outstanding religious name.
Things to know when visiting another friary
God, come to my/our assistance
A plan to be carried out...in Christ, in the fullness of time/ carried out in Christ, in the fullness of time
Stuff in dish drain is: there to dry or there waiting for dishwasher
Counter butter house or fridge butter house
God, come to my/our assistance
A plan to be carried out...in Christ, in the fullness of time/ carried out in Christ, in the fullness of time
Stuff in dish drain is: there to dry or there waiting for dishwasher
Counter butter house or fridge butter house
January 21, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Things to know when visiting another friary
God, come to my/our assistance
A plan to be carried out...in Christ, in the fullness of time/ carried out in Christ, in the fullness of time
Stuff in dish drain is: there to dry or there waiting for dishwasher
Counter butter house or fridge butter house
God, come to my/our assistance
A plan to be carried out...in Christ, in the fullness of time/ carried out in Christ, in the fullness of time
Stuff in dish drain is: there to dry or there waiting for dishwasher
Counter butter house or fridge butter house
Bill Gates looks more and more like my late grandmother
January 21, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Bill Gates looks more and more like my late grandmother
I still feel like the first caller ID box, in the 90s, to plug into my landline phone, was the most liberating thing I've experienced
January 21, 2026 at 2:33 AM
I still feel like the first caller ID box, in the 90s, to plug into my landline phone, was the most liberating thing I've experienced
In a text chat regarding the saint/blessed status of María Toribia/María de la Cabeza and now I'm wondering if there are good tacos de cabeza around here. I'm taco suggestible.
January 20, 2026 at 9:33 PM
In a text chat regarding the saint/blessed status of María Toribia/María de la Cabeza and now I'm wondering if there are good tacos de cabeza around here. I'm taco suggestible.
This coming Sunday's homily is going to be big fun. Starting with a Tertullian quote that's in a mosaic in the old baptistery of a church in town: "Sed nos pisciculi secundum nostrum ιχθον in aqua nascimur."
January 20, 2026 at 2:44 PM
This coming Sunday's homily is going to be big fun. Starting with a Tertullian quote that's in a mosaic in the old baptistery of a church in town: "Sed nos pisciculi secundum nostrum ιχθον in aqua nascimur."
The friary where I'm staying has a Nespresso machine. I'm like, wow, how did you get this? They had a big Padre Pio event. The 🇺🇸 Padre Pio people brought it for the visiting 🇮🇹 Padre Pio people, and then let the friars here keep it. "It's so bougie, but if Padre Pio wants us to have it..."
January 20, 2026 at 1:42 PM
The friary where I'm staying has a Nespresso machine. I'm like, wow, how did you get this? They had a big Padre Pio event. The 🇺🇸 Padre Pio people brought it for the visiting 🇮🇹 Padre Pio people, and then let the friars here keep it. "It's so bougie, but if Padre Pio wants us to have it..."
My dad also claimed to have gone to high school (John Adams in Cleveland, Ohio, USA) with Don King's brother 'Sugarball' King (and had a vulgar locker-room tale about him) and to have once met Lucky Luciano.
January 20, 2026 at 1:58 AM
My dad also claimed to have gone to high school (John Adams in Cleveland, Ohio, USA) with Don King's brother 'Sugarball' King (and had a vulgar locker-room tale about him) and to have once met Lucky Luciano.
Funny to think how 'woke' my dad (born 1936 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA) was in some ways (though not in others, like he didn't believe in women's lib). I remember as a kid asking why hats were so prohibited at school and he said because it was a form of black self-expression that they had to suppress.
January 20, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Funny to think how 'woke' my dad (born 1936 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA) was in some ways (though not in others, like he didn't believe in women's lib). I remember as a kid asking why hats were so prohibited at school and he said because it was a form of black self-expression that they had to suppress.
Just noticed that someone who used to reply to my emails with "Thanks Chuck!" has a Wikipedia article on himself.
January 20, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Just noticed that someone who used to reply to my emails with "Thanks Chuck!" has a Wikipedia article on himself.
Guy going to the Holy Land on pilgrimage asked my advice. After hearing that all the right sites are on the itinerary I just said, notice the ground below, the sun above, and the dryness of the air. Stay hydrated and appreciate water. Enjoy the amazing fruit. The local beer you want is Goldstar.
January 20, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Guy going to the Holy Land on pilgrimage asked my advice. After hearing that all the right sites are on the itinerary I just said, notice the ground below, the sun above, and the dryness of the air. Stay hydrated and appreciate water. Enjoy the amazing fruit. The local beer you want is Goldstar.
Mom on the new Gmail AI assistance: "The computer is pretentious, he assumes he's smarter than me. But I'm much older than he is, with more real-life experience, and while he may have ingested all the books in the world, it's not clear how much wisdom he gleaned from the experience."
January 19, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Mom on the new Gmail AI assistance: "The computer is pretentious, he assumes he's smarter than me. But I'm much older than he is, with more real-life experience, and while he may have ingested all the books in the world, it's not clear how much wisdom he gleaned from the experience."