I have to agree with Sister Claire on this. The subject was the history of
lace and not the Church.
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From: "Sister Claire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 10:40 AM
To: "arachne. com" <lace@arachne.com>
Subject: Re: [lace] Re: lace-digest V2008 #226
Prayers were quoted? What prayer? I missed that.
I talked about a lacemaker named Zelie Martin who went to lace school as
an
adult in the mid-19th century, had her own business as a single woman for
seven years, then married and continued the business while bearing nine
children, four of whom died. She continued running her lace shop and
industry until she died of breast cancer, a very drawn-out and painful
death
at that time. She has come to public notice because the Catholic church
recently recognized her as a holy woman, too. A cottage industry lacemaker
has been raised to international recognition.
What in the world is wrong with that?
Then the other posts: UK history has developed such that saints were taken
as patrons for all kinds of activities, including lacemaking, and there
are
lots of popular observances, recipes, fairs, etc. in their honor. What in
the world is wrong with noticing that?
Many kinds of lace were propagated, taught and preserved by nuns in
monasteries. Maybe we should ignore that bit of lace history?
I'm not particularly interested in theme-detective fiction, even if it has
a
lace theme, but I certainly did not feel it necessary to write a nasty,
calumnious note about people who write or read such books. And make no
mistake. The first "anti" post on this topic of a lacemaking saint (N.B.
She
was beatified, not canonized, and is thus not considered a "saint" yet)
was
indeed nasty. It would have been calumnious if it hadn't been patently
clear
that person who wrote had no idea what she was talking about.
I am disgusted with the tone of some of the posts I have read today, and
if
I didn't love lace so much, I'd just quit the list. But I do love making
lace and learning about lace so I'll will ignore the bad odor of bigotry
and
just concentrate of the lovely smell of wooden bobbins and the beautiful
activity of wrapping thread around air.
Sr. Claire
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 11:21 AM, renee ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
I think it might be quite possible to relate historical facts about a
saint's life without wandering too far into the praying bit -
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