The Bomb in the Basilica

The Bomb in the Basilica

Ricky McRoskey December 12, 2018 1 Comment

On the morning of November 14, 1921, just outside of Mexico City, a young man by the name of Luciano Perez Carpio entered one of the most important and sacred churches in the world bearing a bouquet of flowers.  This was the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the shrine on Tepeyac Hill to which…

Frustrated With Your Career Transition? Fire St. Cajetan, Patron of the Jobless!

Frustrated With Your Career Transition? Fire St. Cajetan, Patron of the Jobless!

CBJ Editors February 17, 2009 1 Comment

by Ricky McRoskey I’m not proud of it, but about halfway through a torturous four-month job search, I fired a saint.  That’s right—I canned him.  Gave him the pink slip.  Told St. Cajetan (Caj-uh-tan)—the 16th-century patron of the jobless, the selfless Italian priest who once founded a bank that lent to the poor to shield…