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And, so, I am travelling again

26 December 2008 · by  Fr. Ernesto Leave a Comment

I would ask for your prayers today. I, again, thought that I would be returning to finish a discussion that I had started days ago. However, yesterday, I was notified that my first cousin had had a stroke and is in intensive care. [I also need to visit my priest friend again.] Now, I should […]

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Se habla español

2 August 2008 · by  Fr. Ernesto 1 Comment

A veces no entiendo la antipatía que algunos en este país muestran en contra el hablar español en público. Sé que una vez recién tuve la experiencia, en un empleo seglar, de estar hablando en castellano con una obrera de otra sección. Estabamos fuera de trabajo, y era una simple charla social. De todos modos, […]

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Guayabera Clergy shirt

1 August 2008 · by  Fr. Ernesto 11 Comments

The Almy company (http://www.almy.com/) makes what they call a Panama shirt. I would call it a guayabera (as would a Phillipine). Unless I remember wrongly, the difference between a Panama shirt and a Guayabera is that the Guayabera has two lower pockets while the Panama shirt does not. However, and this is yet another small […]

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