{"id":12757,"date":"2014-02-12T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/?p=12757"},"modified":"2017-01-25T19:00:58","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T00:00:58","slug":"st-rita-monastery-in-italy-helps-brides-who-cant-afford-gowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2014\/02\/st-rita-monastery-in-italy-helps-brides-who-cant-afford-gowns.html","title":{"rendered":"St. Rita Monastery in Italy Helps Brides Who Can&#8217;t Afford Gowns&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2014\/02\/12nuns-slide-NNY9-superJumbo.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2014\/02\/12nuns-slide-NNY9-superJumbo-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"12nuns-slide-NNY9-superJumbo\" width=\"624\" height=\"382\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-12759\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2014\/02\/12nuns-slide-F8UK-superJumbo.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2014\/02\/12nuns-slide-F8UK-superJumbo-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"12nuns-slide-F8UK-superJumbo\" width=\"624\" height=\"382\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-12758\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been emotionally all over the map this week, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/02\/12\/world\/europe\/an-italian-monastery-becomes-a-fashion-destination-for-brides-in-a-frugal-era.html?_r=2\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">this news article made me have all kinds of feels. 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