Article: David Cameron's Ex Becomes Nun

[Antigonos]

[quote name='AnneLine' timestamp='1335868315' post='2425580']
Props, Antigonos! Loved that! And I am not the Pope, but you are welcome to my share of the anchovies!
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Accepted. Just so God's pizza doesn't have pepperoni sausage on it; that might cause some serious theological problems...

[beatitude]

[quote name='Antigonos' timestamp='1335880313' post='2425623']
Accepted. Just so God's pizza doesn't have pepperoni sausage on it; that might cause some serious theological problems...
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Aha, I have in my freezer a tasty vegan pizza with counterfeit pepperoni. It's soy-based and it tastes delicious, better than the real thing. This really opens up the cosmic pizza menu!

[krissylou]

[quote name='Antigonos' timestamp='1335867555' post='2425579']
It is my understanding that the Pope is infallible ONLY when making statements "ex cathedra". I somehow doubt that God is speaking through the Pope when His Holiness is presented with a pizza and Benedict says "I thought I ordered olives, mushrooms, and anchovies. Why did I get only olives?"

But then again, I could be wrong, and maybe God DOES prefer anchovies on pizza. I know I do [does that make me infallible? I doubt it <g>
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God is opposed to anchovies.

[Antigonos]

[quote name='krissylou' timestamp='1335891069' post='2425663']


God is opposed to anchovies.
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Not my God <g>.

I wish we had some good spicy vegetarian sausage here in Israel. Veg sausage we've got but it's like salami.
Now I'm getting hungry....

[beatitude]

[quote name='Antigonos' timestamp='1335894682' post='2425690']
Not my God <g>.

I wish we had some good spicy vegetarian sausage here in Israel. Veg sausage we've got but it's like salami.
Now I'm getting hungry....
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You want to try living in Bethlehem. The first thing that my colleague said to me when he learned that I was vegetarian was a dismayed, "We have no [i]use[/i] for vegetarians in Palestine!"

I'm in the UK at the moment, and I will be returning with a suitcase stuffed with various treats. If you'd like me to bring you some sausage I could try. There's a terrific vegan grocery shop just nearby. Of course, many of the products are frozen, and that could get a bit messy on the aircraft. I don't want my clothes to be covered with shreds of disintegrating sausage. But I'll have a look for something transportable.

P.S. How did we get from Benedictine monastic life to sausage substitutes?

Edited May 1, 2012 by beatitude

[EmilyAnn]

How can nuns not have remained the focus of the thread? This is the VS after all!

[marigold]

Thanks to EJames2, we can pick ourselves up again after our sausagey descent. He just posted a link to the very documentary which the Sister in question is featured in. I'm cross-posting it here and am just about to watch it now: [url="http://en.gloria.tv/?media=284857"][color="#888888"]http://en.gloria.tv/?media=284857[/color][/url]

[EmilyAnn]

Totally going to watch the documentary tomorrow since I have a day off work. Thanks for posting it here marigold.

[Antigonos]

[quote name='beatitude' timestamp='1335900137' post='2425728']
You want to try living in Bethlehem. The first thing that my colleague said to me when he learned that I was vegetarian was a dismayed, "We have no [i]use[/i] for vegetarians in Palestine!"

I'm in the UK at the moment, and I will be returning with a suitcase stuffed with various treats. If you'd like me to bring you some sausage I could try. There's a terrific vegan grocery shop just nearby. Of course, many of the products are frozen, and that could get a bit messy on the aircraft. I don't want my clothes to be covered with shreds of disintegrating sausage. But I'll have a look for something transportable.

P.S. How did we get from Benedictine monastic life to sausage substitutes?
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Thanks, but no thanks, I keep a kosher house. Vegan it might be, but almost certainly without a kashrut certificate [hechsher].
If you'd like to meet for a coffee, I'd love to either host you or meet you at a coffee house when you are "in the neighborhood". [For some reason, I can't PM people, but you can contact me via my Yahoo address: [email="slevami@yahoo.com"]slevami@yahoo.com[/email]]

Benedictines, for all I know, might eat vegetarian sausage. Although I know meatless Fridays are a thing of the past, don't monasteries and convents keep to a fairly austere diet?

[beatitude]

Meatless Fridays are back in again, at least in the UK. The bishops called for a return to the custom as a public witness to the faith. Benedictines can eat meat - there's nothing in the Rule that forbids it - but like all religious they do live very simply and austerely when it comes to food. The Benedictines whom I know eat meat only on Sundays and special feasts, but I think that's just particular to their monastery.

I will e-mail you.

[marigold]

[quote name='marigold' timestamp='1335900937' post='2425736']
Thanks to EJames2, we can pick ourselves up again after our sausagey descent. He just posted a link to the very documentary which the Sister in question is featured in. I'm cross-posting it here and am just about to watch it now: [url="http://en.gloria.tv/?media=284857"][color=#888888]http://en.gloria.tv/?media=284857[/color][/url]
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I was very moved by it. There were a couple of moments where I thought, 'What was [i]that[/i] about?' (could be community quirks, could be an aspect I'm not familiar with) but Mother was quite dashing in her cap and I was impressed by how down-to-earth Sr. John Mary seemed, in her brief appearance. Many scenes felt very familiar, especially the farmy ones!

[Annie12]

This has to be the best thing I have EVER heard!!!Oh my goodness!

[Jennifer]

[b]A lovely video................ thank you for sharing.[/b]

[PhuturePriest]

[quote name='dominicansoul' timestamp='1335811359' post='2425263']
i didn't know who this cameron fellow was either


for a second i thought it was the lady who was married to the director of the Titanic movie....
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Whoo! Let's be ignorant together!

[EmilyAnn]

I've been watching her in 'God is the Bigger Elvis' and she's very interesting to hear speak.

[marigold]

[quote name='EmilyAnn' timestamp='1335993084' post='2426188']
I've been watching her in 'God is the Bigger Elvis' and she's very interesting to hear speak.
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Yes, she comes across as quite grounded and convicted.

[PhuturePriest]

[quote name='marigold' timestamp='1335995993' post='2426213']
Yes, she comes across as quite grounded and convicted.
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Convicted, aye?

[marigold]

[quote name='FuturePriest387' timestamp='1336159887' post='2427108']
Convicted, aye?
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You know what I meant!!

[PhuturePriest]

[quote name='marigold' timestamp='1336162359' post='2427121']
You know what I meant!!
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Deep down you'll miss me and my antics.