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Moneybags from A Catholic Life has posed difficult questions. As you can see in the picture, I went to my thinking spot and made some tough choices. I will refrain from giving any “whys” as tempting as that may be, since it would take too long, and I am low on energy. Besides, projective techniques are fun both for the person taking it AND the interpreter. The psychologist in me wants to ask “so why do YOU think I chose these?” :)

Before giving the list, I have one caveat. I am leaving out Jesus (celebrity of the best kind) and the Blessed Mother (Saint or Celebrity). Mostly, because I wanted more space. :) Here goes:

Instructions: “If you could meet and have a deep conversation with any five people on earth, living or dead, from any time period, who would they be?” Name five people from each of the following categories:
Saints, Those in the Process of Being Canonized, Heroes from your native country, Authors/Writers, Celebrities.

Then, tag five people.

Saints
St. Peter
St. Ignatius Loyola
St. Francis of Assisi
St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Augustine of Hippo

Those being canonized
John Paul II
Mother Theresa
Junipero Sera
John XXIII
Kateri Tekakwitha

American Heroes
Abe Lincoln
Franklin Roosevelt
Dwight Eisenhower
JFK
Jimmy Carter

Authors
J. R. R. Tolkien
C.S. Lewis
Mark Twain
William Shakespeare
Stephen King (wow! How does he fit?!)

Celebrities
Humphrey Bogart
Harrison Ford
Meg Ryan
Steve Martin
Gordon Sumner (Sting)

Tag Your it:

Jennifer F at “Et Tu Jen?”

Adoro Te Devote at AdoroTeDevote

Amber at This Catholic Journey

The Ironic Catholic at The Ironic Catholic

Jerry Grasso at My Autistic Boy And Other Adventures In Fatherhood

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7 Responses to “Five People in Five Categories Meme”

Jerry Grasso, Said:

Hmmm - I’m not a religious man by any stretch of the saying…so I’ll comment on what I know:

5 Celebrities
1 - John Lennon
2 - Francis Ford Coppola
3 - Robert Mondovi (Could be interpreted bizman/entreprenuer/motivational, but I lump him in here)
4 - Vince Lombardi
5 - Edward M. Murrow

5 Famous Americans
1 - Joseph P. Kennedy (the father)
2 - FDR
3 - Dean Acheson
4 - Teddy Roosevelt
5 - Clarence Darrow

5 Authors
1 - David McCollough
2 - Herman Wouk
3 - Shelby Foote
4 - Edmund Morris
5 - Leo Tolstoy

5 Friends I Miss Breaking Bread With
1 - Rob Kaiser
2 - Alan Urdan
3 - David Hamilton
4 - Megan Prentiss
5 - Mark Prather

How’s that?

Thanks for the call out for the blog!

The Ironic Catholic, Said:

Thanks! I’ll try to do this at the end of the week.

Amber, Said:

Wow… thanks for the tag. Give me a few days. I’m so new to the Catholic arena, I’m going to need some time to check out more info about Saints and those being canonized etc… :)

Amber, Said:

Regarding your comment HERE

You were not off-base at all… no need to apologize. I simply didn’t understand at first what you meant… :)

I posted a response (of sorts) on my blog…

ukok, Said:

My 11 year old read my list and said ‘Mum, how could you leave off C.S Lewis!’

It was a hard list to write. I enjoyed reading yours.

God bless.

Jennifer F., Said:

I keep thinking about this but can’t come up with good answers (starting with my horrible lack of knowledge of the saints). Thanks for tagging me! Hopefully I’ll be able to come up with something.

SRMcEvoy, Said:

Thanks that gives me some to look at.

Steven

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