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Loretta @noni1959 (13048) • United States 29 Jan

My ex-daughter-in-law recently returned from a trip to Portugal and Spain, and she came home bearing gifts. Unfortunately, one of her suitcases was confiscated because she forgot to declare the items inside, an expensive lesson...

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Childhood Memories - #4 Addendum

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222302) • United States 5 May 22

I thought of a couple other things about elementary school; so I'm writing an addendum: Since almost all of the kids walked to school, we had a very friendly cop called Mack that would cross us over the final main street before...

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Childhood Memories - #3

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222302) • United States 26 Apr 22

This subject was suggested by @JudyEv. To continue on: I always walked to school. I remember one winter walking in snow up over my knees. A police car pulled up; and the policeman told me that there wasn't any school. He was...

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Not surprised with this news

Always smiling @allknowing (153530) • India 5 Jul 18

I have dealt with nuns and their cold attitude towards me when I took the whole responsibility to entertain those poor kids year after year during Christmas time. The money was never given to them but I personally spent it on the...

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Remembering the Nun's and Elocution lessons

Inlemay @Inlemay (17712) • South Africa 12 May 16

When I was about nine years old, my sister and I were taken to the Private Catholic School - Convent, where we had afternoon elocution lessons with Sister Dominique. She was a handfull not to mention a "mouth full". For one...

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Priests and nuns....

vanny @vandana7 (102698) • India 16 Aug 10

For about six years of my life, I was in a hostel run by nuns, and I was happy with them because they were truly a happy lot!!! We had apostles there, they were treated differently than us. They were washing our dishes, and were...

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If a man becomes a woman can that woman be a nun?

crackheadnun @crackheadnun (29) • United States 3 Apr 09

If there is a man, and he becomes a legal female, can he then become a nun?

how do nuns express their feelings when they got angry??

oxtihama @oxtihama (91) • Philippines 17 Mar 09

i am just weondering, i really appreciate ththose religious people specially nuns because everyday they are doing a prayer, a prayer that is not for theirselves but for the people.. it is in 3 times a day they do praying,... they...

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Manhattan Nuns sue Filipino wife for dried fish

oyenkai @oyenkai (4394) • Philippines 14 Jan 09

The Manhattan Nuns filed a law suit against Gloria Lim, living in their neighboring apartment, for cooking dried fish. The Nuns mistook the "stench" for decomposing corpse and called the fire department. Gloria was adamant when...

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Are there female priests & ministers now, what about male nuns?

Lemonjelloyum @Lemonjelloyum (317) • United States 3 Dec 08

Does this exist, or is it forbidden & why?

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Has anyone ever met a Nun and asked her why she joined the nunnery?

Lemonjelloyum @Lemonjelloyum (317) • United States 3 Dec 08

Was wondering what kind of answers they give.

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Nuns In High Regard...

twoey68 @twoey68 (13627) • United States 18 Oct 08

For some reason nuns have always held an air of mystery to me…I don’t know why maybe. Perhaps b/c when I was young I can remember going to the Catholic Church and seeing them. Perhaps it’s b/c of their ability to remain separated...

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How unusual!

estherlou @estherlou (5015) • United States 10 Jun 08

Two elderly Nuns left their convent in Italy for health reasons. When they tried to return, they were refused. They chained themselves to a lamp post outside of the Vatican to get the Pope's attention so he could intervene on...

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Lunch With The Nuns

webeishere @webeishere (36313) • United States 11 Jan 08

Okay another kind of funny story about me and my going to Catholic School back in the 60's. We lived about 2 miles from school and all 5 of us kids walked that route each day. Mom made us all lunches the night before so she could...

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Excommunicated

carpenter5 @carpenter5 (6782) • United States 27 Sep 07

Today, there was an article in the newspaper about 6 nuns from an order in my hometown who had been excommunicated from the Catholic Church. While I am not Catholic, I have many family members who are, and there is much discussion...

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Any comment?

kaevielf @kaevielf (245) • China 28 Apr 07

Catholic priests and nuns and the call to celibate life.

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IS it okay for nuns and priests to support fund raising from casinos?

HEADMASTER @HEADMASTER (103) • Philippines 23 Mar 07

This event really happened here in the philippines. I know catholics should rfrain from gambling, but why did some nuns support this casinos just because they were giving funds to them! You can even see these nuns playing poker,...

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Hot Dog

joanana @joanana (770) • United States 6 Mar 07

Two Scottish nuns have just arrived in the USA by boat and one says to the other, "I hear that the people of this country actually eat dogs." "Odd," her companion replies, "but if we shall live in America we might as well do...

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A Driving Nun

joanana @joanana (770) • United States 6 Mar 07

A cop pulls over a car load of nuns. The cop says, "Sister, this is a 55MPH highway, why are you going so slow?" The Sister replies, "Sir, I saw a lot of signs that said 41, not 55". The cop responds, "Oh, Sister that's not...

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Religious Life

ajinomoto23 @ajinomoto23 (1057) • Philippines 6 Feb 07

Mother Mary in her life started the religious life. Many young women today still chooses to enter the religious life. God's way of calling is presenting a lifestyle that is dedicated to serve God. Some religious are concerned in...

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