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Category Archives: Convent Blog
Oprah gets schooled
I awoke this afternoon just in time to see the Oprah show on Tues. Geishas and Dominican nuns. The list of what Oprah claimed she didn’t know makes me wonder, no, makes me worried about the general religious knowledge Americans … Continue reading
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St. Elijah’s in Iraq
[Photo: Eros Hoagland for The New York Times] From the NY Times, a wonderful photo-documentary on the rebuilding of a Christian monastery in Iraq, St. Elijah’s. I hope that when the dust settles and the bullets stop (or mostly stop), Iraq … Continue reading
Rosh Hashanna
Happy New Year! A little late! I did celebrate. But I wanted to share two things. 1) The traveling rabbi who comes to your office to blow the shofar! 2) This poster. I think it’s over the top cool. May … Continue reading
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How to tell you’re living with a Guadalupana
It’s not even December, but there’s no mistaking the Guadalupan-i-ness of the Beguinage. The proof below.
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Six degrees with Winance
I mentioned that there was a “six degrees” story about myself and Fr. Winance (look under Convent Blog). Many, many decades ago, a young man attended Pomona College where he met Fr. Winance. Fr. Winance was teaching a class at … Continue reading
Sermon by Fr. Winance
I took several classes from Fr. Winance while I was studying at Claremont Graduate University. He was a fascinating man. There’s a six degrees story that I’ll post later. But I want to get these You Tube videos up now.
Quiet
Wednesday before evening prayer I actually joined the sisters in silent meditation. It was so quiet! I’ve done silent mediation before. I think if I hadn’t I’d have burst a blood vessel or something. Wednesday was a busy day for … Continue reading
Updates to follow
I’m way behind in my blog posts. The semester is nearly half over. It’s hard to believe. Anyway, this is a promise to myself and my class to fill in the blanks, so to speak and update the blog over … Continue reading
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Convent notes
One of the interesting things about convent life is orderliness of it. One aspect of this is the amount of “control” there is in the house. I don’t mean cult-like control. Just the really tight ship management of the household. … Continue reading
How You Know You’re Living in a Convent #4
This past week was the Feast of the Stigmata, the day Francis received on his feet and hands the marks of Christ’s crucifixion. Things were, therefore, a little bit different in the convent. Most noticeable was the beautiful singing of … Continue reading