I was born into a Catholic family. We went to the local church every Sunday and sometimes during the week. We didn’t go to Catholic school because of the horridness of the first year teacher at our local Catholic primary school. So it wasn’t ’til we started homeschooling that we learnt in a methodical mannerContinue reading “Losing My Religion”
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Sister Hilary RSM
When I hit my teens, I suddenly needed to make music. I started by teaching myself the recorder. And by recorder I mean that, most commonly plastic, distant cousin of the flute in case there was any confusion. My brother and I played duets, which helped raise the recorder to musical heights, and I usedContinue reading “Sister Hilary RSM”
Mr McConnell
Mr Michael McConnell was my first choir master. A highly intelligent man, well educated and a natural teacher, he enjoyed having my brothers and me in the choir as we shared some of his knowledge of Latin and religion and would eagerly join his minor digressions. He lived alone in a beautiful house and taughtContinue reading “Mr McConnell”
Jane
A whiff of cigarette smoke floated into my bedroom window. Not just any cigarette smoke, the smell of this smoke takes me back to a shipshape house across the road from a church. Jane is there sitting in her chair, rolling cigarettes. She blends two tobaccos and pinches a bit to add to the paperContinue reading “Jane”
There are Three States of Life
The Catholic church teaches that there are three states of life. They are in order from objective lowest to highest: the married life, the single life, the religious or priestly life. I think you don’t have to be a Catholic, although you may have to be single, to appreciate the legitimacy given to those inContinue reading “There are Three States of Life”
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