I’M SURE you have seen the 1964 musical film My Fair Lady at least once. The movie depicts a poor Cockney flower-seller named Eliza who takes speech lessons from a phonetics professor so that she may pass as a lady in the high society of Edwardian London. After a few weeks of daily hard lessons, Eliza becomes so fed up with her speech teacher that she exclaims (or better sings), “Words! Words! Words! I’m so sick of words.”
May 01 2021
Mario Conte, OFM Conv.
Political Bickering
However much we may differ, we must not assume that our opponent’s opinions about politics are formed out of malice or ill-will
April 15 2021
Dr. G. Popcak
Cardinal Gambetti
An exclusive interview with the Conventual Franciscan friar who received the red hat on 28 November 2020 and is the first of his Order to become a cardinal since 1861
April 12 2021
Mario Conte, OFM Conv.
The Light of Easter
FR. ALBERTO, besides being the youngest friar in our community, is also an accomplished violinist, and often plays in the Basilica during Solemn Masses...
April 01 2021
Mario Conte, OFM Conv.
The Blame Game
A couple cannot seem to stop bickering whenever certain issues resurface
I’M SURE you have seen the 1964 musical film My Fair Lady at least once. The movie depicts a poor Cockney flower-seller named Eliza who takes speech lessons from a phonetics professor so that she may pass as a lady in the high society of Edwardian London. After a few weeks of daily hard lessons, Eliza becomes so fed up with her speech teacher that she exclaims (or better sings), “Words! Words! Words! I’m so sick of words.”
Despite the economic restraints brought about by the Covid crisis; the generosity of the readers of this magazine has continued unabated even in the year of the pandemic
