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    Hijinks, Habits, and Holy Water
    Hijinks, Habits, and Holy Water
    Hijinks, Habits, and Holy Water
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    Hijinks, Habits, and Holy Water

    By David Smith

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    David grew up Catholic in the Chicago Suburbs in the 1970's. Who knew that these experiences would make for such a humorous story 35 years later?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDavid Smith
    Release dateMar 9, 2016
    Hijinks, Habits, and Holy Water
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    David Smith

    David Smith has over 48 years at CABI as Preservation Officer, Curator and latterly Director of Biological Resources and is now retired with the honour of being a CABI Emeritus Fellow. Having a long history of managing a living fungal collection; developing and managing projects on conservation and use of microorganisms; and microbiological regulatory environment particularly, the Nagoya protocol. In past roles as President of the World Federation for Culture Collections, President of the European Culture Collection's Organisation and the UK Federation of Culture Collections he has visited collections in 34 countries and helped set up and enhance collections in 19 countries. He has presented over 160 conference papers and has over 230 publications including 80 peer reviewed papers, 4 books and over 40 book chapters.

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      Hijinks, Habits, and Holy Water - David Smith

      Hijinks, Habits, and Holy Water:

      A light hearted look at growing up Catholic in the 1970’s

      Copyright 2016 David A. Smith

      Published by David A. Smith at Smashwords

      Smashwords Edition License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be sold, but it may be given away to other people as long as credit is given to David A. Smith as author.

      Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      Dedication

      Chapter 1: The Third Grade

      Chapter 2: The Lil’ Reformation

      Chapter 3: Personal Changes and Spiritual Dilemmas

      Chapter 4: A Little Old School Discipline

      Chapter 5: Growing Up Catholic

      Chapter 6: Liturgical Life

      Chapter 7: Confirmation

      Chapter 8: Graduation

      About David A. Smith

      Dedication

      Sincerely dedicated to the many Catholics who have loved me so much throughout my life.

      Chapter 1: The Third Grade

      There we were, a bunch of third graders listening to our teacher. She was wrinkled, and though very petite, she still managed to tower over us eight-year-old’s. Some salt and pepper hair peaked out from the front of her brown veil. Her plain matching brown dress fell just below the knees. She was a Franciscan nun, circa 1975. Looking back, I realize how much she cared for us kids.

      Hers was a labor of love, teaching the Roman Catholic faith to the upcoming generation. She was zealous and devout, and I’m sure this was the reason she was chosen to teach the third grade. Yes, we were big third graders now

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