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A New Vision
We are slowly settling in here in Gorham, Maine. My space, one large room, is divided by curtains into public and private space. The...
selby4
Oct 14, 20244 min read
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Meanwhile...
Over four years later, many things have changed; a few have not. I am still promoting a community called Mary's Ward. Still a Boho...
selby4
May 20, 20242 min read
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CW Adventures
Ave Maria! Volunteers are needed for Catholic Worker adventures in Maine: help establish a pandemic-proof house of hospitality comprised...
selby4
Sep 11, 20201 min read
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Tolstoy and Tagore
Ave Maria! Four days ago I was able to stop by Mary's House in Springfield for a brief investigation of its condition, as my family was...
selby4
Sep 10, 20203 min read
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Pandemic-proof
Ave Maria! My granddaughters and I finished the Works of Mercy Summer Challenge. The girls all made models of their .03-acre plot with...
selby4
Aug 24, 20204 min read
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Mathematics of Mercy
Ave Maria! This summer our cluster of parishes has provided a Summer Challenge in lieu of Vacation Bible School. It is a challenge to...
selby4
Jul 2, 20203 min read
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Trust and Obey
Ave Maria! Have you ever felt an impulse to do something a little unusual, then second-guessed yourself many times? Whether you end up...
selby4
May 17, 20207 min read
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Bees and Goats
He is risen! Alleluia! Ave Maria! Jesus has risen from the grave and much of the world is quarantined at home. A perplexing time, to...
selby4
Apr 14, 20206 min read
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Mary's Tears
Ave Maria! For over a decade now I have had the delightful hobby of growing Coix lacryma-jobi (Job's tears or Mary's tears), a corn-like...
selby4
Apr 3, 20202 min read
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Silver Lining
Coronavirus is a terrible black cloud over the world. I feel as though I am inside the book A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle, in...
selby4
Mar 16, 20203 min read
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Peacemaker
Ave Maria! When Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin co-founded the Catholic Worker Movement (CWM), they advocated small artisan groups, guilds,...
selby4
Feb 5, 20203 min read
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Remedies
Ave Maria! Happy New Year. I wish peace for all in 2020. Despite perils and precarity in all directions, there is joy in the Lord and...
selby4
Jan 11, 20203 min read
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Joseph's Cradle
Ave Maria! As we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family today, I am reminded of a phrase that my late husband Peter and I would share...
selby4
Dec 29, 20193 min read
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Peace
Ave Maria! Peace has been a theme for me today. I went to sleep thinking about an entrepreneurial venture which may help to fund the...
selby4
Dec 22, 20193 min read
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Pennies
Ave Maria! After I published the first post of this new blog, a wave of terror washed over me. What if I can't raise the money? What if...
selby4
Dec 20, 20194 min read
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Welcome
Ave Maria! Welcome to the Mary's Ward & Catholic Worker Movement, MW & CWM, Blog. Here is where you can find out about the unique...
selby4
Dec 14, 20194 min read
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