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Once a Catholic

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This highly successful comedy is a sharply critical exposition of a Catholic girlhood in a London convent school in the late 1950s. (Cast 4m, 10f)

112 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1978

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Mary O'Malley

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January 28, 2026
MARY MOONEY: But, Mother, I have to be a nun. I want to be as perfect as one possibly can and be sure of getting a high place in Heaven.
MOTHER THOMAS AQUINAS: You haven't the necessary qualities, Mary Mooney. No. I'm afraid you're much more the type to go into show business.

*insert white man pointing at himself meme*
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