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Xīn Nián Kuài Lè! (Happy New Year!)
Leave a commentFebruary 10, 2013 by lucieromarin
It’s Chinese New Year, which means red lanterns bobbing in the trees outside our chapel, and drawling Australian voices saying …
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A Parlour Game
3February 7, 2013 by lucieromarin
Some years ago, a bishop told me that, in seminary, the men were asked, “If a man is in a …
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The Challenge: The First Three Reasons
Leave a commentFebruary 5, 2013 by lucieromarin
So, the challenge was, in summary: after several decades of intense investment in one or more Catholic subcultures that might …
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Saints for the Road(kill)
Leave a commentFebruary 3, 2013 by lucieromarin
No one needs me to tell them why the lives of the saints are so helpful, but I did want …
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A Challenge!
2February 1, 2013 by lucieromarin
I remember reading ‘The Courage to be Chaste’ many years ago, and being less-than-enthused by the suggestions it offered for …
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We Weren’t Gullible; We Were Generous
Leave a commentJanuary 30, 2013 by lucieromarin
Most people have to make sense of their pasts in some way; for Catholic roadkill, this often means making sense …
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A New Regency Custom
Leave a commentJanuary 28, 2013 by lucieromarin
Anyone who studied Pride and Prejudice at school will have been told that the great significance of a ball was that it …
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How to Survive the Sermon
2January 26, 2013 by lucieromarin
My earliest memory of a sermon dates from around the age of four. I distinctly remember the priest saying, “There’s …
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A Second Postscript; then I’m Moving On
Leave a commentJanuary 24, 2013 by lucieromarin
At the risk of becoming one of the mono-topical individuals I’ve written against, I wanted to conclude this series of …
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Roadkill Rhapsody 