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February 2nd, 2012From the Red Devils to the Priesthoodby Joseph Pearce
As an Englishman, I am passionate about football, i.e. soccer to those on the American side of the Pond. Ever since I was about seven-years-old, I've been a keen supporter of Chelsea, currently one of the best teams in Europe, though I've followed the team through the bad times when the team plumbed depths of ineptitude. One of Chelsea's biggest rivals are Manchester United, also known as the Red Devils, indicative no doubt of their infernal origins. In any event, I was greatly intrigued and encouraged to see that a former Manchester United player is now studying for the priesthood. It goes to show that there is life after death!
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Dawn Eden is a friend of mine and one of the most intelligent women I've ever met. She shares with me a love for G. K. Chesterton and an adult conversion that brought her from much suffering and sin into a life of grace. So we have some things in common, and I admire her greatly.
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A Pat on Our Backsby Joseph Pearce
I'm not sure that it's fully decorous to publish notes from StAR subscribers that praise the quality of the journal, nor am I sure that it's decorous to publish notes that praise my own work as series editor of the Ignatius Critical Editions. This being so I am rather bashful as I post Harry Colin's recent e-mail to the Ink Desk. I have his permission to do so, and I have the excuse that both StAR and the ICEs warrant praise! I hope, therefore, that I will be forgiven the sheer chutzpah of the post: