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...years. Jonas and his siblings were nursed on their parent's leftist politics, often taking photographs or covering rallies for their father. The family was also steeped in Catholicism. After her husband died in 2003, Edita Burgos became a lay Carmelite nun. Jonas himself briefly considered joining the priesthood, but instead took a degree in agriculture, specializing in organic farming. When the family relocated from Manila to a farm in Bulacan province, Jonas adopted rural life wholesale. "He dressed like a farmer," says Edita. "He was just like them in his manner, so he could relate to them...
Considering it a “delayed vocation,” Ajemian joined the Roman Catholic priesthood later in life than most, and was ordained in Massachusetts in 2001. Until his arrest, Ajemian served in the Boston area’s St. Patrick’s parish...
...Catholic, but a Liverpool-Irish, working-class, convent-educated girl with cousins who became priests. In her recent memoir, Cherie makes plain the centrality of religion to their relationship. Of the young Blair, she says, "Religion was more important to him than anyone I had ever met outside the priesthood." She and Blair would spend hours "talking about God and what we were here for. I don't think it would be too strong to say it was this that brought us together...
...only fair to point out that breeders aren't a solitary priesthood. They flip horses the way real estate speculators once flipped condos. With dollar signs in their eyes, they savor 2- and 3-year-old horses, exactly the way the fashion industry looks at long-stemmed 14-year-old girls, exactly the way the celebrity culture gazes on Britney and Lindsay and Miley, exactly the way shoe-company reps scrutinize boys on basketball courts. Horses, fashion models, teen stars--they're all produced for maximum profit...
...added. “He was never dull—he was always intriguing and interesting.”Stendahl is also well known for trying to bring marginalized groups into the fold, particularly women and minorities. He pushed for the ordination of women into the ministry and the priesthood, presided over the development of the women’s studies program at the Divinity School, and worked to increase the number of black students at the school, Cox said. This effort was reflected in his personal life too. Gomes said that the Lutheran minister “did everything...