Who We Are
John
Beeler, known in some quarters online as Serge and more recently the
Young Fogey, is
the owner and editor of A
conservative blog for peace, has lived in the eastern US since 1990
and keeps an eye on the war in Iraq and other peace and justice issues (too
important to be left to the liberals),
issues of liberty, some British and
Russian doings (he is an amateur Russian speaker) and the church
Catholic in general. |
Samer al-Batal, a born Byzantine
Christian who belongs to the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, is originally
from Syria, has lived in Canada and the Lebanon. (Link: Samer and his
mother on the steps of the Eastern Orthodox
shrine of Said Naya, Syria, 2004.) |
John Boyden, our
traditional Roman Rite member (more), has known John Beeler in person since the
1980s and lives in Rome and sometimes in London. (Link: John, right,
gives TV travel-show presenter Rick Steves,
left, a tour of the Vatican.) |
Dave McLaughlin, a Sept. 11
World Trade Center survivor and Irish
Gaelic speaker (Daithí Mac Lochlainn) who worships at
St Michaels Russian Catholic
Church, lives in New York. In January 2005 Dave stepped out and started his
own blog, The Gaelic
Starover. |
Lee Penn, a
Russian Catholic after being an
Episcopalian for about 20 years, lives in San
Francisco. (Here is a short article on Lee.) |