tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post5221982995718601067..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: Commercialisation of FastingFr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-71269148571553842222011-03-10T10:11:41.601+00:002011-03-10T10:11:41.601+00:00RJ, you may be interested in this article on Mary ...RJ, you may be interested in this article on Mary Doohan, the founder of the Little Way Association http://misyononline.com/new/mar-apr2009/The-Little-Way. Two of her brothers, Fathers John and Michael,became Columbans and were sent to Negros, where I'm based. Father John, ordained in 1947, died and was buried here in January 2009, while Father Michael, ordained in 1952, is still working hereFr Seán Coylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05432610859468495578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-41410265277107478402011-03-09T18:21:51.097+00:002011-03-09T18:21:51.097+00:00Ah, Father, that reminds me of a business idea tha...Ah, Father, that reminds me of a business idea that I had but never got off the ground.<br /><br />It was for a fixed menu restaurant, taken to extremes. There would be no choices, and no catering for faddy diets or allergies - you would simply go in, sit down, pay a fixed price and be served that day's meal and wines.<br /><br />But on fast days it would be an appropriate meal; no meat, no wine, no pudding. Same price.<br /><br />Would that have been terribly wrong of us?Richardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-32866004998322714632011-03-09T17:02:57.509+00:002011-03-09T17:02:57.509+00:00Aid to the Church in Need seems like a good altern...Aid to the Church in Need seems like a good alternative. I believe they also deal with disaster relief.<br /><br />Then there's the Little Way Association.RJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13871618901190898384noreply@blogger.com