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“The Town”: nuns with guns
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jmcgee
Just back from vacation, I was startled to see the new subway and bus posters for Ben Affleck’s new movie about bank robbers, “The Town.” Do they really think this will make people want to see the movie?
Holy water: nuns on board for surf contest
By
jmcgee
Summer may be drawing to a close, but that doesn’t mean surfing season is over. Just ask the sisters who are stoked for some gnarly waves off the coast of New Jersey: Surf’s up, Sister! Sister James Dolores, 73, gives her best surfer-girl pose in Stone Harbor, NJ, where her Pennsylvania convent owns a beachfront…
“Do not leave our priests alone at the altar”
By
jmcgee
A priest friend in Ireland alerted me to this — and it’s worth reading and praying over, for it reveals a side of the priesthood many of us never hear about. From the Irish Times: The Italian alpine village of Villaretto was drowsing under its blanket of snow when, on January 26th, 1985, the parish…
Sermons in sand
By
jmcgee
I just got home from two weeks in Ocean Pines, Maryland, about five miles from the Atlantic Ocean. It’s a pretty neighborhood of cottages and boat docks and tall pines, where the most popular pastime among the natives appears to be dog-walking. (During my visit, I also discovered two magical words: Harris Teeter. More on…
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