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123. Tom Gates: Excellent Excuses (and other good stuff) by Liz Pichon

Friday, May 17, 2013
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Excellent Excuses (and other good stuff) by Liz PichonTom Gates (#2)Rating: (3/5)(Canada) ONLYFeb.

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Seminarian to be ordained to deaconate

Wednesday, May 8, 2013
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All invited to celebrate with Nicholas Meisl May 10Nicholas Meisl chats with Sister Mary Jacinta, OP, on the World Day of Prayer for Vocations April 21. Meisl was instituted in the ministry of acolyte that day

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Auntie Seraphic & the Concerned Married Sister

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

As far as I can recall, this is the first letter in six years about someone else being Single!Dear Seraphic: I have a good topic for you to cover if you are so inclined. How does one strike the balance between letting God be in control of one’s life, but not being passive

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Why do liberals try to make religious life so … small?

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Since there is a great deal of liberal hooting at the latest women religious, LCWR, Bus-Nun type goat rodeo, let’s turn the clock back a bit and look at something at Religion and Politics about the Nashville Dominicans.The article is longish, and at times it drifts over to the lefty-LCWR-secular religion line, but here are some good quotes.

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Why do liberals try to make religious life so … small?

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Love Letter: Monkey Boy

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

It seems silly to call you my Monkey Boy, but that’s really what you are in my head. And you’d like that, knowing that I think of you as my Monkey Boy.

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Love Letter: Monkey Boy

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Franciscan nun runs business to help farmers go chemical free

Friday, April 26, 2013

As she sticks her hands into topsoil, Sister Rita Wienken is oblivious to the chill that lingers after months of frost.She feels the warmth of God’s love.Sister Rita, 62, is a Franciscan nun, who has created a hands-on consulting business to help area farmers be as productive as they can but with fewer chemicals.Read more here at: http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/nun-farmers/nun-farmers

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2013 fundraising effort kicks off

Thursday, April 25, 2013
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2013 fundraising effort kicks off Project Advance assists VanSpec, Signal Hill, parish projects Archbishop J. Michael Miller, CSB, incenses the altar in All Saints Church in Coquitlam.

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2013 fundraising effort kicks off

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Sr. Simone Campbell spins the CDF smackdown of the LCWR. Hilarity ensues.

Monday, April 15, 2013

In a story about the CDF smackdown on the LCWR, USA Today quotes Sr. Simone Campbell of the ultra-poltical, ultra-liberal Nuns on the Bus crowd.Sr

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Sr. Simone Campbell spins the CDF smackdown of the LCWR. Hilarity ensues.

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Despite close ties, pope skipped family barbecues to minister in slums

Monday, March 25, 2013

Even though Pope Francis is very close to his family, he would often skip their barbecues to spend Sundays or holidays in Buenos Aires’ slums, the pope’s sister said.

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Despite close ties, pope skipped family barbecues to minister in slums

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Blessed Art Thou Amonst Women!

Saturday, March 23, 2013

The Powerful “Hail Mary” Of a Protestant!In God’s Company 2A little six-year-old Protestant boy had often heard his Catholic companion reciting the prayer ‘Hail Mary.’ He liked it so much that he copied it, memorized it and would recite it every day.

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Blessed Art Thou Amonst Women!

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Forty Reasons NOT to Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Forty Reasons NOT to Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade Sister Mary Rose Addresses New Hampshire’s HouseSister Mary Rose Reddy: Courageous Sisterby Sister Mary Rose Reddy (She started a blog!):There is a proposed resolution in the New Hampshire House (HR6) to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Roe v.

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La démission de Benoît XVI

Wednesday, February 20, 2013
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Cette démission a pris tout le monde par surprise.

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La démission de Benoît XVI

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WYD Rio2013: a many hands’ effort!

Friday, December 28, 2012

To make the World Youth Day happen, many vocations and hearts had been working together towards the announcement of the Good News. The Local Organizing Committee (LOC) counts with help from groups, new communities, congregations, diocesan priests, permanent deacons and Bishops to build this WYD Rio2013

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WYD Rio2013: a many hands’ effort!

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Aunt M Doesn’t Cook a Turkey, part one.

Monday, December 24, 2012

Note: The title for this little piece is a variation of the classic “Dave Cooks The Turkey” by Stuart McLean. Every year, our cousin gave us a turkey for Christmas Not just a turkey, but a big one- thirty pounds- fresh, never frozen

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ACTION ITEM POLL ALERT: Fishwrap’s Person of the Year

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

SharebarI have been with child to know whom the National catholic Reporter (aka Fishwrap) would select as their Person of the Year.As you will remember, for the last two years they have supported the Magisterium of Nuns.  The first year, they picked Sr.

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The SoCon blog reviews my novel The Defilers

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

The SoCon blog reviews my novel The DefilersPosted onNovember 20, 2012by Foolishness My poor novel, which has hovered around 3 million in ranking and even dipped to the terrible 4 millionth zone on  Amazon.com, just got reviewed by the Socon.ca blog.Maybe if a couple of people buy the book, my rankings will shoot up!   When my sister bought 12 copies once, it catapulted into the 100,000s!Here’s an excerpt of the review:Every year, my family and I venture out to our rented cottage for a week  of some relaxation and fun

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Breaking the chains of slavery

Wednesday, November 14, 2012
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2012-11-14 Vatican Radio (Vatican Radio) The Missionaries of Africa, the White Fathers and Sisters as they’re sometimes called, are commemorating the work of their founder, Cardinal Charles Lavigerie, who campaigned tirelessly for an end to the slave trade 125 years ago.A year long programme of commemorative events opened on Sunday November 11th with a Mass celebrated by Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald at the Church of the Gesù here in Rome. At the same location, a couple of conferences marked the inauguration of a photo exhibition entitled ‘Let us break the chains’.Among the organisers of these events, aimed at combating modern forms of slavery, is Missionary Sister of Our Lady of Africa, Maggie Kennedy, who is based in Nairobi, Kenya and serves as East African regional superior

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Forgiveness without apologies

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

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How was your hurricane?

Tuesday, October 30, 2012
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Just spoke with my sister and was relieved to learn that family members who were in Sandy’s path are doing fine, albeit dealing with power outages.My sister, who is a rabbi, asked me if I was going to Mass today. Until she asked, it hadn’t occurred to me that I would even be able to go to an evening Mass today, given yesterday’s forecast

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SYRIA – Trappist nuns in Azeir, a sign of hope for Syria at war

Thursday, October 25, 2012
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Azeir (AsiaNews) – Amid the chaos of the Syrian civil war, when the main noise has been the sound of bombs going off and the screams of those they wounded, there are still some places where the prevailing hatred is held at bay.

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