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Father Francis Maple - 50th Anniversary TIME FOR REFLECTIONS - May 17, 2013 ... patting my head. The candle I carried had set my hair on fire. There was a bald patch there for a few weeks. That priest was Fr. Luke. I got to like him and decided when I grew up I would become a priest like him, wearing a brown habit, a black beard and a pair of sandals. It was now my ninth birthday, and on our birthdays, our father used to tell us to go the priest and get his blessing. I was shy at that time and I didn't want to do it, but you could not say no to Dad. It ...http://timeforreflections.blogspot.com/2013/05/father-francis-maple-50th-anniversary.html
Father Francis Maple - 50th Anniversary COMMUNITY OF CATHOLIC BLOGGERS - May 17, 2013 ... patting my head. The candle I carried had set my hair on fire. There was a bald patch there for a few weeks. That priest was Fr. Luke. I got to like him and decided when I grew up I would become a priest like him, wearing a brown habit, a black beard and a pair of sandals. It was now my ninth birthday, and on our birthdays, our father used to tell us to go the priest and get his blessing. I was shy at that time and I didn't want to do it, but you could not say no to Dad. It ...http://communityofcatholicbloggers.blogspot.com/2013/05/father-francis-maple-50th-anniversary.html
7 Quick Takes Friday A WOMAN'S PLACE... - March 22, 2013 ... hair. --- 2 --- Sadie and I were given tickets to the Russian Ballet's Cinderella. So we got dressed up (I made both of those dresses!) and headed out after bedtime last night. First we snapped a picture without our jackets... And then with our jackets on: Sadie was so excited. She had cried earlier in the day, when she realized she wasn't going to be dancing on stage. But by the time she left she was happy again. Once we got into our seats she hushed me every time I spoke ...http://awomansplaceis.blogspot.com/2013/03/7-quick-takes-friday_22.html
Five Things About Myself HER LITTLE WAYS - March 11, 2013 ... job working in Fundraising for Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas. It was during those 18-months with Catholic Charities that I truly witnessed the Church's mission in being the hands and feet of Christ. I loved visiting with the directors of the different programs (St. Benedict's Special Education program...Migrant Worker Services...Project Rachael...Food Pantries...Emergency Services (gas/electric/utility help)) to better understand their needs and then write ...http://kueterfamilyblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/five-things-about-myself.html
Vatican Secrets: After Pope Benedict Resignation Bombshell, Talk of Head Injury, Retirement Residence, Pacemaker CLERICAL WHISPERS - February 19, 2013 http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/02/vatican-secrets-after-pope-benedict.html
Balaam's Ass and Bodily Mortification, According to St. Francis De Sales THE NEW THEOLOGICAL MOVEMENT - February 13, 2013 ... live in the world. How is a married man, who has not only the duties of his occupation (which may involve physical labor) but also the chores of home-life, to be sustained on a one-meal-a-day meatless diet? Can the homeschooling mother profitably practice the discipline-whip in the midst of the school day? Following St. Francis de Sales, I submit that (for the laity) the diligent and cheerful fulfillment of one's daily duties is worth more than fasting and mortifications. Indeed, a man's work ...http://newtheologicalmovement.blogspot.com/2013/02/balaams-ass-and-bodily-mortification.html
773 Stories of Terror and Tears CLERICAL WHISPERS - February 10, 2013 ... priest at the age of 14 because she was 'bold'. "[The nuns] were very strict. We worked hard. You slaved. You stood all day ironing or at the rollers. If you escaped, your hair would be shaved as punishment,"she said. The main findings of Tuesday's report concluded that: Over a quarter of the women who were held in the Magdalene laundries were sent in directly by the State. The State gave lucrative laundry contracts to these institutions, which included the ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/02/773-stories-of-terror-and-tears.html
State Referred More Than a Quarter of the 10,000 Who Were Detained in Laundries CLERICAL WHISPERS - February 6, 2013 ... gardaí, transferred by industrial or reform schools, rejected by foster families, orphaned, abused children, mentally or physically disabled, homeless teenagers, or simply poor; * Inspectors, known as "the suits" by the women, routinely checked conditions complied with rules for factories; * Government paid welfare to certain women in laundries, along with payments for services; * Women were also enabled to leave laundries if they moved to other state-run institutions, such as psychiatric ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/02/state-referred-more-than-quarter-of.html
Report: Nuns 'Did Their Best' in the Laundries CLERICAL WHISPERS - February 5, 2013 NUNS who ran the Magdalene laundries were given a sympathetic hearing as the inquiry team noted their profound hurt over the years of public debate. The investigation committee reported that the four religious orders in charge of workhouses regret any pain caused to women routinely stripped of their identities when locked up. In their defence the report repeated claims from nuns involved that they did the best they could to care for the residents. ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/02/report-nuns-did-their-best-in-laundries.html
Magdalene Report: 'There Was a Legal Basis for Way State Operated' CLERICAL WHISPERS - February 5, 2013 ... burials and exhumations. In each of these areas, the committee found evidence of direct state ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/02/magdalene-report-there-was-legal-basis.html
Abused in the Past and Abandoned in the Present CLERICAL WHISPERS - February 5, 2013 ... laundries were not among the institutions covered, thus her application was deemed "ineligible", and the review board refused her appeal. Friends helped her apply for a statutory pension, but once again her years working in the Magdalene laundry did not count when calculating her entitlement. She was never paid so no stamps were submitted on her behalf. After endless bureaucratic delays and reams of paperwork, she receives a meagre $7.50 a week from the Irish State – that is, after an ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/02/abused-in-past-and-abandoned-in-present.html
Justice for Daughters of the Laundries CLERICAL WHISPERS - February 2, 2013 ... Ireland, Margaret McCarthy changed her surname to that of her husband, Frederick Permaul. By then she had already changed her Christian name to Marina. "When I came over I wanted to wash Ireland clean away. It was like taking off dirty linen," says the drily humorous 69-year-old, in the sitting room of her home in Cricklewood, north London, this week. More than 50 years have passed, but the feelings of fear, entrapment and "that all hope was lost" are as vivid for Permaul as they were on the ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/02/justice-for-daughters-of-laundries.html
