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Good Intentions
Buenas intenciones I recently sat down with a clergy colleague for lunch at a local pub. We were reconnecting to work up some plans for a...

Fr. Padrig Thomas: Pastor, Chaplain, Nature Enthusiast
Mar 4, 20245 min read
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Keep On Pushing
You can find more articles for free at https://extraordinarycatholics.faith/magazine “Push! Push!” the new mom’s face is flushed from...

Fr. Padrig Thomas: Pastor, Chaplain, Nature Enthusiast
Oct 25, 20233 min read
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Litany of Forgiveness for Climate Change
Leader: Holy and Gracious God, Creator of all things, All: Forgive us, Lord, for the destruction we have caused to your sacred creation,...

Fr. Padrig Thomas: Pastor, Chaplain, Nature Enthusiast
May 17, 20232 min read
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Finding Brigid in the Spring
I was so very excited to see how popular our Celtic Book Club is becoming among our followers here at St. Columba's. This past March we...

Fr. Padrig Thomas: Pastor, Chaplain, Nature Enthusiast
Apr 4, 20232 min read
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Difficult Surprise: Death and Divorce.
Ministry, if nothing else, is full of difficult surprises. Hearing that may be a surprise to you. A good religious leader is constantly...

Fr. Padrig Thomas: Pastor, Chaplain, Nature Enthusiast
Oct 21, 20227 min read
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Theological Film Review: The Truman Show
The Truman Show (1998), directed by Peter Weir, is the story of a man, Truman Burbank, who does not know that he is the main character in...

Fr. Padrig Thomas: Pastor, Chaplain, Nature Enthusiast
Feb 24, 20224 min read
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Bill Millin: Scotsman, bagpiper on D-Day.
In the cinematic documents of the Second World War there is video footage of British troops marching through Caen, France behind a...

Fr. Padrig Thomas: Pastor, Chaplain, Nature Enthusiast
Feb 24, 20222 min read
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Jane Haining, Martyr of the Holocaust
Jane Haining was a missionary for the United Free Church of Scotland and stationed in Budapest. She is the only Scot to be noted for...

Fr. Padrig Thomas: Pastor, Chaplain, Nature Enthusiast
Feb 24, 20222 min read
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Book Review: Nature's Way, Native Wisdom for Living in Balance with the Earth by Ed McGaa, Eagle Man
Nature's Way is a uniquely fascinating book written by Ed McGaa, Eagle Man of the Sioux Nation that describes intimate details of native...

Fr. Padrig Thomas: Pastor, Chaplain, Nature Enthusiast
Dec 14, 20202 min read
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Solidifying this community on (sort of) St. Columba's Feast Day
Today is June 10, 2020 just one day after the feast of Saint Columba of Iona. Wouldn't it have been great if I had had the wherewithal to...

Fr. Padrig Thomas: Pastor, Chaplain, Nature Enthusiast
Jun 11, 20205 min read
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