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Fr. Flanery, Sr. Mary Bernard, his sister receiving Father's First Blessing

Fr. Flanery's Ordination Day

Fr. Flanery's Ordination Day
A Family for Christ

Monday, August 7, 2017

Franciscans!!!



A

NUN'S

MOM



My daughter smoked

Her cigarettes

My daughter drank

Her wine



But suddenly

She stopped it all

For something

More Divine



Some say she fell

Into a hole

Where went the

Alice rabbit



By putting on

That churchy veil

And brown

Franciscan habit



"Oh, my, poor thing

A modern girl

How could she make

That choice?



Of course you know

It is the Church

They give their girls

No voice."



When I repeat

Their words to her

She smiles and says,

"All's well."



But Catholic mothers

Oppressed, no voice

Shout­­...



"They can go to H*ll!" (Amen)