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Nice Catholic girl?
by Daily Grace

11.19.2017
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How did a nice Italian Catholic girl like me end up a Lutheran pastor who was taking on a mayor, the city and ultimately arguing that First Amendment law had been violated? I and three others were suing over a ban on outdoor public sharing of food with people living on the street. As a clergy person, and especially a woman, wasn’t I supposed to be nice? 

This message is an excerpt from “Standing up to the city” by Violet Cucciniello Little, in the July/August 2017 issue of Gather magazine. Today is the 24th Sunday after Pentecost.

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