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I 'm not sure if I've mentioned this before , but I love to read the obituaries. In a large city like this there are some really int...

Sister St. Aloysius opted not to wear a full habit. She used to wear a little veil, but dropped that a while back. She feels she can better...

Over the weekend on the patron saint trail I stumbled upon Blessed Kateri Tekekwitha, the only Native American saint. Well, not a saint. Bl...

How long do you hold a grudge? I know we're not supposed to hold a grudge at all, but some grudges are important to hang onto. Isn't...

So far this year the most difficult thing to get away from has been Mary appearing in and on things. She was on the underpass dribblings in...

I didn't realize that the world would fall apart because I broke my toe. I haven't been able to keep up with my usual activities on...

Sister St. Aloysius and I were channel surfing last night. Sister Mary Fiacre was with us, of course, but I can't actually say she par...

The doctor told me that by today, a week from the bathroom door incident, my toe bone should have knitted together some. I think it has. I ...

I don't do well being fussed over and waited on. Luckily my toe is much better and I can limp around. I don't really even have to h...

Good thing I have a little extra time. The nit pickers have arrived. Normally when someone responds to an entry I respond in the comments s...

Being felled by my broken toe has given me the chance to catch up on all kinds of things. Most of those things are really tedious, like tat...

It's really hard to walk on crutches at all, let alone while wearing a habit. I've taken to rolling around the convent house in the ...

Did I mention this was a bad week? If this were the Old Testament I'd suspect God's wrath. I do suspect the wrath of Our Lady of La...

I guess I'm having a bad week. First, I overlook Sister Mary Fiacre's feast day. (I was right on the money; she didn't notice.)...

I was in a good mood. The operative word is WAS. Today is the brand new feast day of Blessed (one miracle 'til sainthood) Mother Teresa....

Okay everybody, time to roll up your sleeves. Monday is the feast day of not-a-saint-yet Mother Teresa. We need to take care of that 'n...

Sister Mary Fiacre has been going to bed ever earlier, it seems. We think one of these days she'll just...well, you know. When I say ...

The store trip of the week is over. It was touch and go there for a while trying to get Sister Mary Fiacre out of the car. It was tempting t...

Wednesday is grocery shopping day around here. That's because we've clipped and filed the Sunday paper's coupons and matched th...

Things can always be worse. We all have our jobs to do. Sister St. Aloysius and I split Sis...