Category Archives: Psychology

Who Is This Haunting Woman? She’s Anne Bancroft

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

I’ve seen her but other times I have not. I know who she is but her name escapes me; often many times. She’s everywhere and sometimes I spot her but soon she’s gone again. Hidden yet visible. Is that even … Continue reading →

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The “Holy Week” Cast of Characters

Posted on March 22, 2014 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

Holy Week approaches and it may be beneficial to choose your character about now.  With the Union rules and regulations it’s safer to choose a character now that you wish to play and remember during the holiest of these holy … Continue reading →

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“Why?”

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

It’s the perfect question to answer with no further questions needed.  It is the one that needs no defense nor can it be argued or dismissed. Full proof or fool proof?  It is totally of our own making which makes … Continue reading →

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Friday Night TV, 1966

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

Friday nights over forty years ago is as crystal clear as if it were today. Piano lessons right after school with the nuns. Many bruised knuckles, but I guessed I deserved them. I had to walk downtown for the lessons. … Continue reading →

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Milwaukee’s “Friday Fish Fry”

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

Around 4:15 p.m. on a Friday afternoon the commotion begins.  All the grade school children have already assembled wearing their bright T-Shirts that announce the evening’s event.  The cooking (or more correctly frying) began hours earlier as these oldsters leave … Continue reading →

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Friday Night and All Alone

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

The worst night of week.  After a week’s worth of work I deserve a night off and out.  Didn’t happen.  Many Friday nights, I was convinced that everyone in the world was having more fun that I presently was having. … Continue reading →

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Who Are Those People In The Pews?

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

Who comprises this varied group of people that the Catholic Church calls the “laity.”  I’ve never cared for that name because it sounds so ordinary, “the laity.”  “The laity” believes that… We hear so often in sound bites that, “the … Continue reading →

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Carry On

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

I learned that the Biblical verb “I believe” means “to let someone be carried along by another.”   (Sounds like entitlement to me…)  As usual, the Bible speaks anti-American truths. (So much for “One nation, under God.”) The connotation of “carrying … Continue reading →

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Life’s Three Gifts

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

We would all agree that life is complicated; sometimes self-imposed, other times from other people.  Much of life’s complication is our lack of preserving the three most important elements in our lives.  We need to be reminded of them, to … Continue reading →

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The “Golden Years”

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

Just because you’ve consumed oxygen for ninety years does not make you a sage or mentor.  It can mean that you’ve taken up space and have lived a long life. Human years are measured in a chronological fashion, one after … Continue reading →

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