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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.

Bagless For A Night

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

It happens to someone else until it happens to you and then it takes on your life.  Due to flight circumstances my bag beat me to Milwaukee while I was still in Florida.  (Couldn’t I have traveled in the bag … Continue reading →

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Modeling & Our Models

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

A passing thought of mine with a particular cadence to it caused me to wonder where I got it.  I remembered Tommy Lee Jones saying it in a movie that I recently saw.  I used his inflection in a thought … Continue reading →

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My Funeral Music

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

I’d like a single harpist, preferably a woman wearing a white dress playing “Show Me The Way To Go Home” (Oldie) or “How Can I Be Sure” (The Young Rascals.) I know she needs to lug that thing into the … Continue reading →

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“A Spatula for Jesus”

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

It was kept in her kitchen drawer so I could easily grab my wooden prop when visiting my grandmother on the many days my mother would say to me, “Go do something!” She’d begin her nap and hoping not to be nabbed, … Continue reading →

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First Sunday of Lent

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

An older adult will never, ever begin a sentence with, “if memory serves me correctly.”  Just don’t hear it.  Because they know better. What I hear is, “It happened in 1946 or was it 1947?  It was either 1:00 a.m. … Continue reading →

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“How To Tie A Bow Tie”

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

I found a cheap bow tie online and thought it’d be cool to wear one.  They seem to be coming back into style so why should I be left behind wearing those hanging things. I remember bow tie wearers from … Continue reading →

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Being Fired: “The Car Crash”

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

You wake up in the morning as you have every morning for the past 24 months and prepare for another day at the job you’ve grown to appreciate and love.  Your fellow employees are easy to get to know and … Continue reading →

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Lent: Season of Grace

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

The 40 days of Lent begin this Sunday.  For 40 long days we are not allowed to say the “a” word.  I wish I could tell you what the “a” word is but then I would tell you what I’m … Continue reading →

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The Lost Belly Button

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

In a outpatient medical procedure my friend will lose the most physical connection to his mother.  (Where’s Freud when he’s needed?) It’s aptly named because we know exactly where it resides above our belts and on our bellies.  “Femur” doesn’t provide … Continue reading →

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Life Is Not That Difficult

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

Circa 1969, AM radio: my first real job spinning records on a Saturday night as a high school junior like I’m home but instead entertaining Manitowoc, Wisconsin.  Dream job, mistakes and all. Sometimes there would be callers with comments like, … Continue reading →

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