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11 Dec 2006

Mixed Blessings III – the outcome in the third generation... You will find this concluding article in Wendy's series "serious precious cargo". This woman has a way of articulating what I know many parents have spoken to me about over the years in a way that almost takes your breath away. There is more reason for hope in this single article than in tomes of papal encyclicals. –Ed [more]

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04 Dec 2006

Mixed Blessings II – the next generation... The pleasure so many gained last week with Wendy's exploration of life in a mixed marriage continues this week. It's a bitter-sweet story that makes you want to laugh and cry, celebrate and despair at the same time. [more]

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28 Nov 2006

The mixed blessings of a mixed marriage Wendy's delicate piece, Mixed Blessings, opens the door on what happened in her family and the challenges they faced. The reader discovers the mix of joys, triumphs and defeats experienced when, after many generations, the single faith wedding chain, for the first time, was broken. [more]

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06 Oct 2006

Wrath: what a charlatan! Wendy is a new commentator for Catholica but she's been around a long time in our community, and in seeing life. Her reflections on wrath and anger will find resonance with many readers. She opens her commentary with these sentences: "What a charlatan anger is! What a cad, a bully, a tart, a scoundrel. Is there a greater chameleon among the Seven Deadlies?" and it just keeps getting better from there. [more]