Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Barbie gets ordained, and has the smells-and-bells wardrobe to match

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By Leanne Larmondin

(RNS) With her careers as veterinarian, astronaut and U.S. president behind her, Barbie has at last found her true calling: as a second-career Episcopal priest.

The 11.5-inch-tall fictional graduate of Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley, Calif., has donned a cassock and surplice and is rector at St. Barbara’s-by-the-Sea in (where else?) Malibu, Calif...

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6 comments:

  1. Fr. John Mary, ISJApril 6, 2010 at 1:10 PM

    What would the "Church Lady" (ala SNL) have to say about this?
    Maybe..."SAAAAtan?"
    Just a thought:<)!

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  2. AnonymousApril 6, 2010 at 2:30 PM

    OY!

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  3. AnonymousApril 6, 2010 at 2:37 PM

    JMJt save souls. Divine Mercy now.

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  4. C. LaSalleApril 6, 2010 at 2:57 PM

    You know the old saying, "if I didn't laugh I'd cry?" Boy it sure applies here!

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  5. swissmissApril 6, 2010 at 7:05 PM

    Actually, the clothes are really cool and look well made, they just belong on Ken or chaplain GI Joe. Except the heels, of course. Ironically, no feminist in her right mind would wear heels as they were designed by the devil himself ;)

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  6. Ben VallejoApril 7, 2010 at 3:32 AM

    I don't think Ken has ever been ordained.

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