What do you get the Heisman Trophy Winner, First-Round NFL Draft Pick, Savior of the New Orleans Saints to thank him for
donating $50,000 to a Catholic school for children with learning disabilities? My contribution was a picture frame.
In the designs of Providence there are no mere coincidences, John Paul II used to say. Turns out the Church has beatified
Blessed Reginald of - get this - Orleans, who was a companion of St. Dominic in the 13th century when they launched the Dominican Order that would later boast such giants as
Saint Thomas Aquinas.
I was happily enlisted to help print an image of Reginald and a short bio as well as pick out a frame - all just hours before the press conference. It will likely be the last thing Bush owns that came from Wal-Mart, and certainly the last thing obtained by someone who had to sneak in after the store was closed to new customers. Here's a screenshot from WWL's evening news. Never a dull moment.