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...from such conflict has emerged a play that captures, sometimes serendipitously, exactly what the author intended it to. Budbill explained that he did not initially know that Jude, a name which figures prominently in the play and its title, was the patron saint of lost causes...
DIED. MARJORIE HOLMES, 91, inspirational author known as the "patron saint of housewives"; in Manassas, Va. Holmes' 32 books and articles for McCall's, Ladies' Home Journal and others struck a chord with readers by making biblical characters accessible and relating religion to real life. Of the popularity of her trilogy on Christ's birth and life, begun with 1972's best-selling Two from Galilee, Holmes said, "I made the Holy Family as real as the folks next door...
...don’t want to make it out like it was some kind of perfect transition,” he says. “You know, like once I was the happy pagan and now I’m the perfect, pure saint walking on water…but I’ve beaten a good number of my vices...
Harvard 6, Saint Thomas...
Thanks for the terrific article on U2's Bono and his efforts to save Africa from financial ruin [MUSIC, March 4]. He's not a saint. He is a hardworking, real man, using his gifts to inspire us in song and make a difference in the world. Some issues are so overwhelming that most of us don't even try to fix them. Bono can't save the world by himself, but like others who have shown the way, such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Mohandas Gandhi, he is proving that one man can make a difference. CAROLINE HARTMAN...