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An innocent question
England is strewn with abbeys closed by Henry VIII in the 16th century. They were methodically stripped of their roofs and any valuables, and today they stand as haunting historic ruins, a reminder t… more →
The Other I
An innocent question
theotheri wrote 2 months ago: England is strewn with abbeys closed by Henry VIII in the 16th century. They were methodically stri … more →
A problem with heaven
theotheri wrote 4 months ago: I realized again today my problem with heaven as a perfect place. It occurred just when I thought I … more →
From a young age
theotheri wrote 4 months ago: In the Cambridge Botanical Gardens this morning, I saw a girl probably about six years old walking w … more →
Re-assessing celibacy in the Catholic Church
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theotheri wrote 1 year ago: Since the documentary last week about Father Cleary, I have been re-evaluating my thoughts about cle … more →
A quick PS and a small retraction
theotheri wrote 1 year ago: At least half a dozen people have responded privately to my saying in a post last week that, after m … more →
In opposition
theotheri wrote 1 year ago: I’ve just emptied my email trash box filled with panting assurances that “bigger is bett … more →
Bee colony collapse disorder
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theotheri wrote 1 year ago: When I was at Maryknoll last weekend, someone asked me what I knew about bee colony collapse and its … more →
Good will isn't enough
theotheri wrote 1 year ago: Since I returned from my visit to Maryknoll, I have been thinking about Sister Mary Edith who was th … more →
How young is being old
theotheri wrote 1 year ago: During the four days at Maryknoll, a group of us who had entered there fifty years ago gathered toge … more →
My revisit to Maryknoll
theotheri wrote 1 year ago: I returned yesterday to England after my return to a Maryknoll reunion at the motherhouse of the mis … more →
Forward to the past
theotheri wrote 1 year ago: Tomorrow I am flying to the States to return to the Maryknoll Motherhouse from which I left the conv … more →
30 and counting
theotheri wrote 1 year ago: You may not have noticed, but my story which I have been blogging about in fitful stops and starts i … more →
Geraldine and John
theotheri wrote 1 year ago: I’m sitting here looking at a snap shot taken in the early 1970’s. I’m sitting on … more →
The strange story of Cain and Abel
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theotheri wrote 1 year ago: I got out my Jerusalem bible today, the one I read in the convent once, after years of agitation, we … more →
The problem of evil
theotheri wrote 1 year ago: “I don’t know if God exists, but it would be better for his reputation if he didn’ … more →
Growing up after the convent
theotheri wrote 1 year ago: The apartment on 86th Street where I first moved with three other ex-Maryknollers after I left the c … more →
A short life of an ex-nun
theotheri wrote 1 year ago: I left the convent with what, in retrospect, was a sense of vindicating victory. I’d won. I … more →
The disappearing world of Catholic nuns
theotheri wrote 1 year ago: I did know that the world in which I had grown up had changed, but was astonished to read a summary … more →
The night before I took final vows at Maryknoll
theotheri wrote 1 year ago: I took my final vows as a nun in June 1968. My father and his wife came from Ohio for the ceremony … more →
