Category Archives: charity

Thankful Serenity

Posted on November 27, 2025 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

Thankful Serenity Posted on November 25, 2015 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author On one occasion while attending Mass this summer a young man entered our church whom I had never seen before. I thought that perhaps he may regularly attend one of the Sunday … Continue reading →

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The Carpenter’s Son

Posted on March 22, 2025 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

“And his mother said to him: Son, why hast thou done so to us? Behold thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. And he said to them: How is it that you sought me? Did you not know, that … Continue reading →

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His Promise Fulfilled

Posted on December 23, 2024 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author
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And With the Light, Darkness Fades

Posted on October 18, 2024 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

I’m reposting this article because I believe it is pertinent to a request that was asked of me by my niece who is a resident of northwestern North Carolina. Due to the devastation of the recent hurricane Helene those residents … Continue reading →

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Why May?

Posted on May 27, 2024 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

In their book, The Genesis of the Memorial Day Holiday in America, Bellware and Gardiner assert that the national Memorial Day holiday is a direct offshoot of the observance begun by the Ladies Memorial Association of Columbus, Georgia in 1866. In … Continue reading →

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PENTECOST

Posted on May 18, 2024 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

“A man is not really convinced of a philosophic theory when he finds something proves it. He is only really convinced when he finds that everything proves it.” – G.K. Chesterton A Jewish scholar who became a Christian and who … Continue reading →

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Sacrifice: The Condition of Love

Posted on March 29, 2024 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

“For this I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice.” – John 18:37 All things have a purpose. Suffering is no … Continue reading →

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Palm Sunday Ushers in “The Week That Changed The World”

Posted on March 24, 2024 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

As we enter Holy Week we remember that two years ago we and the world entered a most unprecedented period of duress rooted in a pandemic from which many trials and challenges have sprung forth. Yet the lessons of Holy … Continue reading →

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A Reprise of The Carpenter’s Son for St. Joseph Day

Posted on March 19, 2024 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

“And his mother said to him: Son, why hast thou done so to us? Behold thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. And he said to them: How is it that you sought me? Did you not know, that … Continue reading →

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Lest We Forget

Posted on February 27, 2024 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

A reprise of a post during the pandemic. Much has been illuminated and opinions altered since the truths were revealed from the pandemic follow-up studies. But suffering, loss and sacrifice are as much a part of Lent than any trial … Continue reading →

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