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Okay, this made me weep, and I am no weeper. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jul...
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To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven....
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Part II The Chanting Coffin-Maker: Mother Dolores & Agape
In Part I of my interview with Mother Dolores Hart, she shared an insight that...
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Poor Clare Novices and Professions
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“Old-Fashioned” Sisters, “Newfangled” Nuns, Numbers and Habits – UPDATED
In light of ongoing headlines concerning Rome's correction to the leadership of the LCWR, their...
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In honor of St. Dominic and his Sons and Daughters
My Photo, Rome, 2010 I've said before that were I not a Benedictine I would...
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A New Priest, A New Blog for Patheos
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Something Joyful
Since we do like our nun news around these parts, I posted this story of...
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Three Nuns, Three Different Ways of Serving
The lovely and tireless Sr. Mary Catharine of The Dominican Nuns of Summit sent this...
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Nuns and Bishops and Popes, Oh My! – UPDATES
The sisters are all Joan of Arc and the Bishops are all Don Giovanni! Allow...
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Last December, I had the privilege of attending the first profession of Sister Mary Magdalene...
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April 27, 2012
LCWR and Rome: the Opera of Catholicism – UPDATED
Recently, while watching some Catholic sniping and squabbling amid these internet comboxes wherein I dwell...
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The LCWR, Reform and the Persistence of Memory – UPDATED
My plan was to end the night with a linking round-up of reactions, thoughts and...
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LCWR, the SSPX and the Vatican; Fun Times in Catholicland UPDATED
Busy days here at Patheos and I am only now getting to a bunch of...
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Priest Videos and Problems of Recommendation
I have received probably three dozen emails over the past two days tipping me off...
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Nun Soap: “You don’t look 53!”
Had a doctor's appointment this afternoon and the intake nurse was surprised to learn I...
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December 09, 2011
“A House of Prayer; a Temple of Intercession”
Would to God that . . . all men could know how very easy it...
February 2011
February 23, 2011
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