http://www.thetablet.co.uk/article/162180 The January 7th issue of the London Tablet has two articles developing the cover story, The Churchs revolving door. Christopher Lambs piece, unfortunately only for subscribers, discusses women who join or leave and/or return to the Catholic Church. The more prominent piece is by the poet Sally Read and recounts her conversion from an atheism she drank in with her mothers milk to Catholicism. A thread of a couple of weeks back was devoted to what we think of when we think of the Church. Here is Ms. Reads image: Its been said before: being Catholic is like being in love. As a poet from a most secular culture, I have come to know the Church asthe ultimate poem. An intricate composition of allegory and reality, that tries to give image to Gods presence on earth. As many other conversion-narratives, this one is of help to cradle-Catholics (or at least to this one) because it makes one realize the precious character of so much that we tend to take for granted. Sally Reads blog is here. An early poem of hers is here. And three poems she wrote last year for Good Friday, Easter, and Christmas are here.http://toddswift.blogspot.com/2008/02/poem-by-sally-read.htmlhttp://www… January 7th issue of the London Tablet has two articles developing the cover story, The Churchs revolving door. Christopher Lambs piece, unfortunately only for subscribers, discusses women who join or leave and/or return to the Catholic Church. The more prominent piece is by the poet Sally Read and recounts her conversion from an atheism she drank in with her mothers milk to Catholicism. A thread of a couple of weeks back was devoted to what we think of when we think of the Church. Here is Ms. Reads image: Its been said before: being Catholic is like being in love. As a poet from a most secular culture, I have come to know the Church as The January 7th issue of the London Tablet has two articles developing the cover story, The Churchs revolving door. Christopher Lambs piece, unfortunately only for subscribers, discusses women who join or leave and/or return to the Catholic Church as well as their reasons for leaving, joining, or returning.The more prominent piece is by the poet Sally Read and recounts her conversion from an atheism she drank in with her mothers milk to Catholicism.A thread of a couple of weeks back was devoted to what we think of when we think of the Church. Here is Ms. Reads image:

Its been said before: being Catholic is like being in love. As a poet from a most secular culture, I have come to know the Church asthe ultimate poem. An intricate composition of allegory and reality, that tries to give image to Gods presence on earth.

As many other conversion-narratives, this one is of help to cradle-Catholics (or at least to this one) because it makes one realize the precious character of so much that we tend to take for granted. Sally Reads blog is here. An early poem of hers is here. And three poems she wrote last year for Good Friday, Easter, and Christmas are here. And here she describes how she came to write the poems in a volume about to appear and how a poet is like a hermit.