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About Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

A Roman Catholic priest since 1980 and a member of the Society of the Divine Savior (Salvatorians). www.Salvatorians.com. Six books on the Catholic church and U.S. culture are available on Amazon.com.

Snow & Cancer

Posted on December 10, 2016 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

Around 5:00 p.m. the soft, fluffy white stuff slowly begins falling and a ballet can be heard in the background as the whiteness waves and winds itself to the earth joining other like-minded whitenesses – all done against an early … Continue reading →

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A New Book: “Soulful Musings”

Posted on December 7, 2016 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

A Great Gift Idea A new book by Fr. Joe Jagodensky, SDS. Available at Amazon.com Paperback or Kindle is $14.95.  Enjoyable reading. This book begins with Angels and ends with Baptism. Stories include the Catholic Church in all its splendor … Continue reading →

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a dentist & a priest meet a bartender

Posted on December 3, 2016 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

The hygienist does her magic as she does three times a year for the 32 friends I need to enjoy a New York Strip. My dentist enters to examine both her work and my teeth while leaning over me. The … Continue reading →

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An Angry Parishioner

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

After an angry parishioner stopped me after Mass at a Catholic parish were I have help twice a month, it finally hit me – a revelation that I’d missed all these years later. The Tridentine Latin Mass was changed to … Continue reading →

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It’s the “Three’s”

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

(A funeral sermon for an Alzheimer’s man) We just love “the threes”.  How many jokes are told in threes, “A priest, a minister and a rabbi walk into a bar…”  From the Three Stooges, to the Three Musketeers to Patty, … Continue reading →

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Advent Theme: “Do Your Homework”

Posted on November 27, 2016 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

Jesus says, “Be prepared and stay awake because we know neither the day nor the hour.” Walking home from grade school there was no backpack for me. It wasn’t invented yet for children, just for military soldiers. For me it … Continue reading →

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Baptisms: Three of ‘Em

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

Augustus, Sofia and Callie (ASC) were baptized by me. Actually, I mean these three were baptized by the gathered Catholic community at an early 8:00 a.m. Mass at St. Sebastian Church in Milwaukee. Young with attentive eyes staring up at … Continue reading →

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God’s Wisdom or Our Perseverance?

Posted on November 13, 2016 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

Jesus said, “All that you see here–the days will come when there will not be left a stone upon another stone that will not be thrown down.” Then they asked him, “Teacher, when will this happen? And what sign will … Continue reading →

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August 9, AB

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

After the lights dim in Chicago’s United Center, she quietly walks out on stage and begins to hum softly.  The almost-full audience rises in wild applause as though everyone felt as I did, “she’s a famous singer I’d love to … Continue reading →

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“The Prodigal Son,” Milwaukee Style

Posted on September 11, 2016 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

A rich man lived in the Washington Highlands.  (Boy, is that redundant.) All right, so he lived at 65th and Lloyd but the point is he was wealthy and had two sons, no wife…at least not in this story. The … Continue reading →

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