"As a young lad growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area town of Pittsburg, my school uniform consisted of corduroys the color of Ash Wednesday, a white dress shirt and a maroon V-neck sweater. I walked west from my family's apartment on 10th Street, turned left on Montezuma, and arrived about 15 minutes later at the campus of St. Peter Martyr."
"But I've been wondering lately what my favorite St. Peter Martyr teachers Sisters Roberta, Eileen and Estelle would make of today's political discourse, in which claims of piety and Christian faith are not always backed by words and deeds, particularly from a certain world leader. I think if they were teaching today, the nuns would tell everyone in class to get out their pencils and notebooks and write a letter to the president."
A childhood in Pittsburg included a school uniform of corduroys, a white dress shirt and a maroon V-neck sweater, and a fifteen-minute walk to St. Peter Martyr. Nuns taught at the school and Dominican priests led humble Sunday mass. Personal imperfection and church fallibility are acknowledged alongside concern about contemporary political displays of piety that lack matching words and deeds, especially from President Trump. Former teachers are imagined instructing students to write to the president. The school is named for St. Peter of Verona, a martyr. Recent presidential activities mentioned include a National Bible Museum presentation, an America Prays initiative, and a $1.3 million Bible sale with a quote linking religion to national greatness.
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