Fewer than one hundred games of the 2026 Major League Baseball season remain to be played! Each day I post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the field. #MLB #baseball Sebastián Rivero, Los Angeles Angels www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/n...

Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in combat. June 8 #veteran #restinpeace Matthew Joseph England, Gainesville, Missouri. Killed in a roadside bombing in An Najaf province, Iraq, on June 8, 2011. www.fallenheroesproject.org/post/matthew...

Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world. #painting Robert Bechtle, "At the Golden Nugget" www.sothebys.com/en/buy/aucti...

8 June Saint of the Day: Venerable Joseph Vithayathil 1865-1964 Indian priest, he served as a priest in various parishes in Kerala. With now St. Mariam Thresia Mankidiyan, he cofounded the still extant Congregation of the Holy Family. #Catholic www.chfsisters.com/content/our-...

Game Three of the National Hockey League Stanley Cup finals has been played! Mitch Marner of the Las Vegas Golden Knights carded a hat trick (three goals)! apnews.com/article/mitc...

One hundred games of the 2026 Major League Baseball season remain to be played! Each day I post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the field. #MLB #baseball Bryce Miller, Seattle Mariners apnews.com/article/mari...

Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in combat. June 7 #veteran #restinpeace Dan Bullock, Goldsboro, NC, and New York City. He was the youngest U.S serviceman to be killed in Vietnam, on June 7, 1969, at the age of 15. www.military.com/daily-news/i...

Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world. #painting Rosemarie Trockel, "Flag No. 12, 2018" online.lempertz.com/lots/view/4-...

7 June Saint of the Day: Blessed Anne of St. Bartholomew 1550-1626 Spanish nun, she was the first secular admitted to St. Teresa of Avila's Discalced Carmelites. She was a close companion of St. Teresa. She founded a convent, and its abbess, in Antwerp. #Catholic www.apostoliviae.org/resources/99...

One hundred games of the 2026 Major League Baseball season remain to be played! Each day I post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the field. #MLB #baseball Hunter Dobbins, St. Louis Cardinals www.mlb.com/video/hunter...

Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in combat. June 6 #veteran #restinpeace Robert Moffatt Brice, Roanoke, Virginia. A graduate of The Citadel, he was killed in WWII, on D-Day, June 6, 1944. www.thecitadelmemorialeurope.org/alphabetical...

Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world. #painting Ary Scheffer, "Saints Augustine and Monica" www.sothebys.com/en/buy/aucti...

6 June Saint of the Day: St. Marcellin Joseph Benoît Champagnat 1789-1840 French priest, he was educated in Lyons with future St. Jean-Marie Vianney and Ven. Jean-Claude Colin. At 27, he founded the Institute of the Little Brothers of Mary (Marist Brothers). #Catholic www.vatican.va/news_service...

One hundred games of the 2026 Major League Baseball season remain to be played! Each day I post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the field. #MLB #baseball Jung Hoo Lee, San Francisco Giants www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

Game Two of the National Hockey League Stanley Cup finals has been played! Seth Jarvis of the Carolina Hurricanes scored his team's winning goal in overtime. apnews.com/article/vega...

Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in combat. June 5 #veteran #restinpeace Matthew Herbert Walker. Hillsboro, Missouri. Died in Paktika Province, Afghanistan, on June 5, 2014, of wounds sustained in combat. www.clarksvilleonline.com/2014/06/07/1...

Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world. #painting Peter Blume, "Recollection of the Flood" freemansauction.com/auction/6507...

5 June Saint of the Day: Servant of God Ferenc Wohlmuth 1855-1919 Austro-Hungarian priest, he served as spiritual director to seminarians in Gyor, and also to communities of Carmelite sisters. Then he was parish priest to Emperor Franz-Josef. He was martyred post-WWI. #Catholic wohlmuthferenc.hu

I was out-of-town for a week. Thanks for your patience. I will resume my daily posts today.

One-third of the 2026 Major League Baseball season has now been played! Each day I post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the field. #MLB #baseball Ronald Acuña, Jr., Atlanta Braves www.batterypower.com/atlanta-brav...

Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in combat. May 29 #veteran #restinpeace David Nunez, Los Angeles, CA and Raeford, NC. Army Sergeant 1st Class Nunez was killed in Farah Province, Afghanistan, on May 29, 2008. specialforcesfoundation.org/david-nunez/

Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world. #painting Ruskin Spear, "Cliffs in Brighton" www.roseberys.co.uk/bidding/A078...

29 May Saint of the Day: Blessed Joseph Gerard 1831-1914 French priest of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Ordained in South Africa in 1854, he ministered first to the Zulu, and then to the Basotho. Known as the "Apostle of Lesotho." #Catholic www.omiworld.org/our-charism/...

One-third of the 2026 Major League Baseball season has now been played! Each day I post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the field. #MLB #baseball Aaron Ashby, Milwaukee Brewers www.si.com/mlb/brewers/...

The conference finals of the National Hockey League Stanley Cup playoffs are nearly complete. Each day I post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice. #NHL #icehockey Logan Stankoven, Carolina Hurricanes apnews.com/article/hurr...

Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in combat. May 28 #veteran #restinpeace Aaron Warner Tyer, Natchez, MS. Brigadier General Tyer was vice commander of the Japan Air Defense Force when his Starfire jet crashed on May 28, 1952. www.af.mil/About-Us/Bio...

Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world. #painting Daisy-Dodd Noble, untitled www.phillips.com/detail/daisy...

28 May Saint of the Day: Saint Paul Tran Van Hanh 1827-1859 Vietnamese layperson. Raised Catholic, he lived a dissolute life until he protected a young woman being bullied. Her tormenters reported his faith to officials; he was arrested, tortured and martyred. #Catholic tgpsaigon.net/bai-viet/nga...

Nearly one-third of the 2026 Major League Baseball season has already been played! Each day I post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the field. #MLB #baseball Vaughn Grissom, Los Angeles Angels www.latimes.com/sports/angel...

The conference finals of the National Hockey League Stanley Cup playoffs are nearly complete. Each day I post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice. #NHL #icehockey Cole Smith, Las Vegas Golden Knights (#22) apnews.com/article/aval...

Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in combat. May 27 #veteran #restinpeace Jacob Carl Leicht, College Station, TX. He was 1,000th American service member killed in Afghanistan, by a mine, on May 27, 2010. obits.arizonagravestones.org/view.php?id=...

Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world. #painting Philip Henry Howard Surrey, "La Plage, Ile Bizard, 1966" bid.waddingtons.ca/auction-lot/...

27 May Saint of the Day: Dryburne Martyrs 1590 English Catholic priests Richard Hill, Richard Holiday, John Hogg and Edmund Duke were all educated in Rheims, France. They were arrested, tried and martyred together under anti-Catholic legislation. #Catholic veniteprandete.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-...

Nearly one-third of the 2026 Major League Baseball season has already been played! Each day I post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the field. #MLB #baseball Ketel Marte, Arizona Diamondbacks www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco...

The conference finals of the National Hockey League Stanley Cup playoffs have commenced. Each day I post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice. #NHL #icehockey Andrei Svechnikov, Carolina Hurricanes apnews.com/article/hurr...

Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in service. May 26 #veteran #restinpeace Horace Rudolph Tanner, Murray, UT. Accidentally drowned on May 26, 1918, while serving on hospital ship USS Mercy. www.findagrave.com/memorial/128...

Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world. #painting Jean-Paul Jérôme, "Rempart un" www.heffel.com/Online/LotDe...

26 May Saint of the Day: Blessed Mathieu-Henri Planchat 1823-1871 French priest, he was a member of the St. Vincent de Paul Institute. He was martyred by the Paris Commune, which briefly controlled the city after France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. #Catholic famvin.org/en/2026/05/2...

Nearly one-third of the 2026 Major League Baseball season has already been played! Each day I post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the field. #MLB #baseball Rafael Devers, San Francisco Giants www.nbcsportsbayarea.com/mlb/san-fran...

The conference finals of the National Hockey League Stanley Cup playoffs have commenced. Each day I post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice. #NHL #icehockey William Karlsson, Las Vegas Golden Knights www.cbssports.com/fantasy/hock...

Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in combat. May 25 #veteran #restinpeace John Harrison Anderson, Jr., Wellsville, PA. One of four killed in combat at Nui Ke (Hill 618), near Hue, Vietnam, on May 25, 1968. www.virtualwall.org/da/AndersonJ...

Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world. #painting Antonio Donghi, "La casa del vescovo" www.sothebys.com/en/buy/aucti...

25 May Saint of the Day: Blessed Mykola Tsehelskyi 1896-1951 Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest, after WWII, he was pressured by the Soviet Ukrainian state to convert to Russian Orthodoxy, but refused. He was exiled to Moldova; his family to Siberia. #Catholic www.findagrave.com/memorial/256...

Nearly one-third of the 2026 Major League Baseball season has already been played! Each day I post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the field. #MLB #baseball Teoscar Hernandez, Los Angeles Dodgers www.latimes.com/sports/dodge...

The conference finals of the National Hockey League Stanley Cup playoffs have commenced. Each day I post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice. #NHL #icehockey Nikolaj Ehlers, Carolina Hurricanes www.newsday.com/sports/hocke...

Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in service. May 24 #veteran #restinpeace Timothy Sanders, Pace, FL. A submarine sonar technician, he was accidentally electrocuted on board the USS Helena, on May 24, 2024. www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/p...

Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world. #painting Piero Guccione, "Studio per grande esterno" www.ponteonline.com/en/lot-detai...

24 May Saint of the Day: King St. David I of Scotland 1084 (?)-1153 Youngest son of St. Margaret of Scotland, he ascended the throne in 1124. Though he started and lost a war against England, after its end he strengthened Scotland's ecclesial institutions. #Catholic findthesaint.com/saints/saint...

Thirty percent of the 2026 Major League Baseball season has already been played! Each day I post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the field. #MLB #baseball Gavin Williams, Cleveland Guardians www.cleveland.com/guardians/20...

The conference finals of the National Hockey League Stanley Cup playoffs have commenced. Each day I post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice. #NHL #icehockey Ivan Barbashev, Las Vegas Golden Knights clutchpoints.com/nhl/vegas-go...