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August 20, 2018 by lucieromarin
In the wake of the latest clergy scandal, theories abound. They all fall short. Those who blame religion and/or celibacy …
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Category: Power, Priests, Roadkill, Spiritual Abuse
| Tags: Conservatives, Power, Priests, Roadkill, Women
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August 1, 2018 by lucieromarin
Those who have never been seriously hurt by their religious communities will think of apostasy in terms of truth and …
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Category: Healing, Roadkill, Spiritual Abuse, Trads
| Tags: Bullying, Burnout, Church, Conservatives, God, healing, Philosophy, Reasons to be Cheerful, Thomism, Trads
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July 18, 2018 by lucieromarin
Single women raised in conservative communities dread their fortieth birthdays. (I don’t know if the same is true for men; …
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Category: Children, Friendship, Married People, Slightly Comforting, Slightly Pious, Vocation, Women
| Tags: Beauty, Burnout, Children, Church, Conservatives, Friends, Friendship, Liturgy, Married People, Reasons to be Cheerful, Women
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June 11, 2018 by lucieromarin
When I turned fifteen, a Catholic adult gave me a book about how to summon demons. It was based on …
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Category: Books, Children, Friendship, Slightly Pious
| Tags: Books, Children, Conservatives, healing
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June 4, 2018 by lucieromarin
There is some talk on social media at the moment about the value of the Consultation Draft of the National …
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Category: Bullying, CSNSW, Priests, Roadkill, Spiritual Abuse
| Tags: Bullying, Church, Conservatives, Priests, Roadkill, Stupid Things People Do
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June 6, 2013 by lucieromarin
New topics can be added almost endlessly; it seems worthwhile, then, to pause for a moment to summarise the discussions …
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Category: Healing, Roadkill
| Tags: Bullying, Burnout, Conservatives, healing, Roadkill, Trads
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April 16, 2013 by lucieromarin
…especially if that cause involves saving either society or the Church, or both. 1) Be good at something other than …
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Category: Bullying, Uncategorized
| Tags: Bullying, Conservatives, Trads
