Ren~ Descartes (cognito, ergo sum) was sitting in a bar one evening

when he Was asked if he would like a drink…

"I think not,” he said...And promptly disappeared!!

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 News of David Ratcliff, he has a new job and a new address.

David is now Archdeacon of Scandinavia and Germany.

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News also of Chris Winter (C. D. Winter) he is now

Rev. Fr. David McMahon-Winter (Fr. Alban).

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A priest is sent to Alaska. A bishop goes up to visit one year later.

The bishop asks "How do you like it up here?" The priest says "If it wasn't for my Rosary and two martinis a day,

 I'd be lost, by the way, Bishop, would you like a martini?"  "Yes?" "Rosary, get the bishop a martini!"

The shades of night were falling fast

And the snow was falling faster

When through an Alpine village passed

An Alpine village pastor.

(A.E. Housman)

  (in memory of Mr. Hill's foreign jaunts)