The CatholiCity Message
Volume II, Number 1 – January 8, 1998
Dear CatholiCity Citizen,
We hope you're all refreshed and recovered from Christmas and the holidays. It's good to be back. And away we go...
1. UNCLE MAX TURNS 104
Thursday, January 8th, will be Saint Maximilian Kolbe's 104th birthday. We throw an all day bash every year to celebrate. A highlight is picking up the cake at the bakery. "Happy 104th Birthday Uncle Max!" is on the cake.
The bakery ladies always ask, "104! Oh my! How is your uncle doing?"
"Sharp as a tack," we reply, straight-faced. "Happy as a clam." And so he is.
2. COMING IN 1998 TO CATHOLICITY
We've got big projects that should be in place before springtime, maybe sooner:
A. First, we're setting up secure credit card donation capability. Not only will you be able to donate online to CatholiCity using plastic, but overseas benefactors will be able to request free Mary Foundation tapes and Saint Jude Media books and pay for shipping up front, saving everybody weeks of snailmail delays.
(ONLINE DONATION IS NOW ONLINE)
http://www.catholicity.com/support/donation.html
B. We're working on a database-generated page for hundreds of Best Catholic Links. Imagine being able to go to one place and be able to access the every major Catholic site on the Internet! Imagine it now; use it for real in a matter of weeks.
(BEST CATHOLIC LINKS IS NOW ONLINE)
http://www.catholicity.com/links/
USELESS FACTS
These come from a CatholiCity Citizen:
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. No one in Greece has memorized all 158 verses. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. The average secretary's left hand does 56% of the typing. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. There are more chickens than people in the world. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
That eggplant one is my own contribution. Stump your friends at parties.
With Christ,
Your Friends at CatholiCity
