Nun hoped to win lottery

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four4me — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:37:39 GMT

I believe in other stories she had been in the convent and was becoming a nun and decided to leave. All this was before she won the lottery she was holding down two jobs and taking care of her mother. I know she also has some family this woman was or is about as timid as a church mouse. When she bought the ticket and looked at the numbers she said no way I'll win with theres numbers and stuffed the ticket back in her purse. Her first new car after the win was a corvette i wonder if she's still d... [ More ]

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justxploring — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:21:54 GMT

Interesting story. She lived a long life.

Regarding the link, here is one person who won praying to win money to give to the Catholic church and as she stated, to stop abortion, and another winner (if you remember Bunky) prayed to win enough to quit working so he could spend his time teaching Wicca. I think it's wonderful to want to help your church or synogogue, or feel passionate about a cause, but I believe these people won simply because they were lucky enough to pick the winning ticke... [ More ]

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four4me — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 06:30:10 GMT

A nun has won or at least an x nun from Maryland

Bernadette Gietka

http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0406799.htm

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Litebets27 — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 06:24:09 GMT

Many people believe that after people passover they sent messages back to the living. Many believe that lottery wins are sent back by the deceased.

Hopefully, she can send a message to one of her fellow sisters to buy the winning lottery ticket that will secure the convent's future as she tried to do for so many years.

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Nun hoped to win lottery

someday — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 05:35:34 GMT

Sister Gregory Kirkus, who has died aged 96, was a leading Roman Catholic archivist and historian of English convent life from the recusant period to the present day; a member of the Congregation of Jesus (previously the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or IBVM), she also served as headmistress of St Mary's School, Shaftesbury.

As well as her biographical dictionary, Sister Gregory wrote sketches of school and convent life in the 17th and 18th centuries for the Catholic Records S... [ More ]