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Body & Soul Mini Series

September 12, 2006

While surfing around the Internet I came across the mini series “Body & Soul” which was shown on Public Television Stations in 1993. Here’s a plot summary: A nun, played by Kristin Scott Thomas, leaves the convent temporarily to help save her family knitting mill from bankruptcy following the death of her brother. Outside the [...]

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I Arise Today

September 11, 2006

I arise today Through the strength of heaven: Light of sun, Radiance of moon, Splendor of fire, Speed of lightning, Swiftness of wind, Depth of sea, Stability of earth, Firmness of rock. I arise today Through God’s strength to pilot me; God’s wisdom to uphold me, God’s eye to look before me, God’s ear to [...]

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The Heavenly, the Fallen, and the Holy Ones

September 8, 2006

Vinita Hampton Wright has just published her latest book, A Catalogue of Angels: The Heavenly, the Fallen, and the Holy Ones Among Us (Paraclete Press, 2006). I got to know Vinita when I attended her writing workshop “The Soul Tells a Story” (she now has a book by that title which I highly recommend). I [...]

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how to get out of being a nun

September 6, 2006

My blog provider WordPress.com has this nifty little feature that allows me to see what kind of hits I get from search engines. I think it is my favorite feature. Today I was looking at it and found that the search term “how to get out of being a nun”. I don’t know who entered [...]

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Mother Teresa’s 9th Anniversary of Death

September 5, 2006

It has been nine years today since Mother Teresa of Calcutta died. The Missionaries of Charity, the religious community she founded, marked her anniversary of death with a special feast day. Check out the Washington Post article “Calcutta Nuns Mark Mother Teresa’s Death” (September 5, 2006). When I was a grad student in Toronto, I [...]

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Braves Fan, Caregiver, and Nun

September 5, 2006

The New York Times has another article that features a sister. “Devoted Fan Pursues Higher Calling” (September 4, 2006) by Jack Curry is about Sister Marian, a Dominican Sister of Hawthorn, New York. In the article, Curry talks about Sister Marian’s great love of Braves baseball which developed when she worked at Our Lady of [...]

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