Happy Birthday John!

JohnnyBoo ~


You are such a blessing to everyone. I'm so grateful you've brought me into your life, and your family.

May the year ahead be full of wonderful experiences as you approach the big 3-0!

Thanks for sharing this special day with me.

I love you!!


xoxo, Lady Boo

Count me in!!

It looks like you've got a good thing started, Boo! Thanks for the effort.

Since its Luke's birthday, I thought I would pass this shot on to all of you that Miso e-mailed to me after the weekend of mom's birthday celebration. Reilly was sailing about 15 feet in the air and digging every second of it!!

Looking forward to lots of great communication.

Dan

The Real Roach Reunion

Hi,
I, too, am entering blog land for the first time. I fear that I will forget to check it. Does it send email updates, or do I have to go to blogger.com to check it? Pretty embarrassing that I don't know more.

About the real Roach (Sullivan) family reunion--I must not have been included on the email list. As far as I have heard, it's been scheduled for summer 2007. Is that right? I'll see what I can do to clear my calendar. Who knows, maybe I will be back on the west/best coast by then...

Happy Spring and Happy Birthday Luke!

Love, Maggie

Wading into uncharted waters

Using the old adage that only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet, I am treading slowly with this quick note to try this blog world out.

I will even try to post a photo Mary and my recent trip to Italy (having announced this intention, I am in danger of exposing my lack of competence if it doesn't show up).

The picture is on the top of the Duomo in Florence. More to come....

Love you all,
Bill

Luke Roach Scholar Graduation Dinner

Hi Family,

I guess it is fitting that it is Luke's birthday today....my mom and I are beginning to plan for the graduation of the first Luke Roach Scholar from TC Prep. We are thinking of starting an annual tradition of having a dinner at our house will all of the scholars (and their parents) that is meant to honor the one who will be graduating. We also want to invite all of the Roach Clan to the event every year. At this point we are thinking of May 14th, but that is a tentative date. May is so busy for everybody already it is unlikely that we will find a date that will work for all folks....

I will keep you posted on the details as they are sorted out!

Thanks John for setting up this blog!

xoxo,
Shannon

Happy Birthday Luke!

The Long Rifle rides on in all our hearts and minds.

Wassabi Y'all

Just thought I would post the first blog of my life and tell you all that I think this is a great idea. I dont have a cameraphone, but maybe I'll grab Anna Palys' from her and post some pictures from a recent senior class gala that she flew in for -- she was stunning, as you might imagine -- a very fun time.

Anyhoo, I'm off to write a paper on how the mRNA of the arabidopsis gene FT moves from leaf to shoot apex and induces flowering in roses. Study hard, young one's, so you can make a living outside biology!

Love to you all --

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You can blog pictures on the road. Take a picture, send it to go@blogger.com, and it handles the rest.

Full details here.

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Uncles weigh in on latest bishop sex charges...

Taken from an email thread between Uncle Dan, Uncle Tom, and Uncle Jer today. Uncle Dan is referencing an article I, to which I hope he posts the link in the comments section.

Subject: RE: VOTF National asks for Skylstad and George, Resign

Jer et al:

I don't know who Voice of the Faithful is and I guess I'm curious to know
what you think of that call to step down.

It's awfully easy to accuse somebody of something. Unless there is
something significant (and credible) to back up the allegations and unless
the allegations claim something significantly bad, my view is that those in
charge should carry on. Otherwise, people making specious allegations could
bring the world to a standstill.

(What if someone made an unfounded allegation about you, an elected judge,
or about Nancy, a teacher, or Tom, a Scout leader? We all wear hats that
render us vulnerable to someone who is dishonest and is out to get us.)

As I think I've said to you before, one of the worst things about this
entire ugly episode in our Church is that every allegation, regardless of
how grave or innocuous, is lumped together in a manner that conjures up in
people's minds the possibility that the accused must have committed the most
vile and despicable thing imaginable. If a priest is alleged to have shown
someone a picture out of Playboy magazine 20-30 years ago, he is cast by the
press and by the gossips in the same "sex offender"/"pedophile" light as
that sick molester of a priest who damaged so many young boys 20+ years ago
and who was murdered in the jail back in Massachusetts a few months ago.

Perhaps you have a different view but I have not lost confidence in Bishop
Skilstad or Cardinal George.

As ever,

Dan

To which Uncle Tom responds:

Dan:
Based on what I know at this point, I'm certainly on your side on this
one. TR

And Uncle Jer...

Subject: RE: VOTF National asks for Skylstad and George, Resign

I've not lost confidence in Cardinal George and not really had confidence in
Bishop Skylstad since he announced the priests who had problems in our
diocese without any explanation as to what the allegations against them
were.

And my first thought when the allegation came out about Bishop Skylstad was
I do not believe it and see it as a way of bringing the whole church (USCCB
and Spokane Diocesan matters) to a standstill which cannot be allowed.

Notwithstanding that, I see in all of this as a huge failure of a morally
based institution (the Church) to do even as much as a totally secular
institution (school districts, Washington State Judicial Conduct Commission,
Washington State Medical Assoc, etc) would do in the same situation (removal
of an offender (or his/her license)and placement of him/her on
administrative leave until the matter is investigated and or resolved)
because the Church continues to be controlled by men who refuse to
acknowledge how out of control they have let -- and continue to let -- this
problem get.

In our own country's government the divinely inspired genuises (and I mean
that in all seriousness referring to guys like Madison, Hamilton, Jay and
others of our founding fathers) who set up our governmental processes, had
the insight and courage to establish 3 separate branches of government to
balance one another. In the Church, we have only God and our (the Bishops)
consciences to balance the governance acts of the Bishops and priests since
the people in the pews really are often unaware (by design or their choice)
of what goes on and certainly not asked to participate or if asked, are
subject to the clergy totally ignoring them and their suggestions (have you
ever served on an "advisory board" --Parish council, Finance, School Board,
etc -- are you aware of any other type of board but advisory? even those
set up to investigate clergy abuse claims?). For the past 20 plus years
that this "crisis" has been building, Bishops have continued to hide,
shuffle and ignore the problem and as a result -- which may be the best
result and return the Church to its origins
-- all the property in the Spokane Diocese and others is at risk.

This problem is not going away. (I include the latest from Theresa's old
parish)
1) Few details on priest's resignation
Thursday, March 23, 2006. Sexual misconduct with adult is alleged. By
ANGELO BRUSCAS. P-I REPORTER. A standing-room crowd of more than 700
parishioners at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in West Seattle met for two
hours Tuesday night with members of the Archdiocese of Seattle but got few
answers about the abrupt resignation earlier this month of the church's
longtime pastor,
Last modified: March 22, 2006
URL: http://seattlepi.com/local/264026_priest23.html

2) Archdiocese confirms alleged sexual misconduct in priest resignation
Tuesday, March 21, 2006 . Last updated 10:44 p.m. PT. By ANGELO BRUSCAS.
P-I REPORTER. A standing-room crowd of more than 700 parishioners at Holy
Rosary Catholic Church in West Seattle met for two hours Tuesday night with
members of the Archdiocese of Seattle but got few answers about the abrupt
resignation earlier this month of the c
Last modified: March 21, 2006
URL: http://seattlepi.com/local/263899_priest21ww.html

I am inclined to believe in this non-theological, non-liturgical area which
is not a matter of doctrine, the Church leadership should open its eyes to
its continuing failures and do what is right.

Jer

We should be having these conversations on the Blog, so they don't end up formatted like this!

Feel free to weigh in in the comments section...