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The Lord Will Provide
Last night we had our first “winter storm.” The temperature dropped from the 70s to the 30s and the wind howled all night. What I waited for, however, was the sound of precipitation. In the north of the state, there … Continue reading
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Carpenter Gothic
I work as administrator of a small retreat center, the Episcopal House of Prayer, in Collegeville, Minnesota. It was built in 1990, part of a strong tradition of ecumenical collaboration that happened at Saint John’s Abbey, who lease us the land on very … Continue reading
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Sacrament Weekend
It’s been a great weekend of liturgies– after Lent, the Easter season opens up with First Communions and Confirmations and Weddings to celebrate the ever-deepening commitment to life. Saturday we went to our nephew Ryan’s First Communion at Annunciation Church in … Continue reading
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Word on the Secret Report
I’ve written here a few times about the Vatican’s investigations (i.e., harassment) of women religious in the U.S. By far the most intimidating has been the apostolic visitation of all the congregations of women religious in the United States. When … Continue reading
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Easter Ham (2)
We hosted Easter again this year, and it has become one of my favorite days of the year. Everyone comes, so we have a crowd of more than 30 people. We’ve found spaces to seat 28 at tables, and a … Continue reading
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Good Friday Planting
I was bonding with my Irish roots today as I planted the first potatoes. I was also bonding with my German Catholic neighbors, from whom I learned it’s traditional to plant potatoes on Good Friday. Although Maurice and Rita Palmersheim … Continue reading
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Ash Wednesday Planting
I’ve held on through this incredibly mild February and resisted the urge to plant any seeds until today, February 22. The guy at Woods Garden and Nursery said it was ok. He sold me some seeds and a whole bunch of … Continue reading
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Poetry and Tea at the Fishhouse
MaryJude at the fishhouse Brother Paul Jasmer has had a fishhouse on Lake Sagatagan at Saint John’s Abbey and University since the mid-1980s. This is the second one, light enough to get on and off the lake and heavy enough … Continue reading
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Is the Dalai Lama a Sellout or Just Really Enlightened?
One of the documentaries we watched this week was The Sun Behind the Clouds. It chronicles the protests of China’s occupation of Tibet that broke out in 2008 (most noticed here in disruption of the travel of the torch around the world … Continue reading
Higher Ground
Last night I finally got to see Higher Ground, the film starring and directed by Vera Farmiga based on the memoir by Carolyn Briggs, This Dark World. It never came close enough for me to see it in the theater, … Continue reading