[Magdalen] Hit and Run Devotion?

James Oppenheimer-Crawford oppenheimerjw at gmail.com
Mon Sep 14 02:46:41 UTC 2015


Many residents of the psych facility where I worked wore rosaries around
the neck -- drove the older RCC chaplains nuts.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 9:38 PM, Arthur Laurent <ALaurent at npr.org> wrote:

> Here on the US East Coast, kids and other folks wear rosaries and
> crucifixes (though more usually, crosses) as fashion accessories, not as
> statements of religious faith. This jewelry is usually pretty flashy, and
> always worn outside the clothes.
>
> (I had a friend when I was young, who wore a rosary around his neck. Under
> his shirt, not outside his clothes. He often prayed the rosary in private;
> wearing it around his neck was the best way he'd figured out to always have
> his rosary conveniently close.)
>
> Arthur
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Magdalen [mailto:magdalen-bounces+alaurent=npr.org at herberthouse.org]
> On Behalf Of Lynn Ronkainen
>
> Let go?? That stuff is "good juju" to -be -on the -safe -side-totems.
> IMNSHO
> Lynn
>
>


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