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Suspicion
The 1960’s, just after Vatican II. A popular, progressive priest, new to the parish of St. Nicholas. The parish school has been run for years by a conservative, by-the-book nun, who believes that discipline and tradition are paramount. When a new, young teaching sister hesitantly voices suspicions about the priest’s relationship with an [...]

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Monday Morning Poem: Winter, by Walter de la Mare

Clouded with snow
The cold winds blow,
And shrill on leafless bough
The robin with its burning breast
Alone sings now.
The rayless sun,
Day’s journey done,
Sheds its last ebbing light
On fields in leagues of beauty spread
Unearthly white.
Thick draws the dark,
And spark by spark,
The frost-fires kindle, and soon
Over that sea of frozen foam
Floats the white moon.

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