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Veronica Zundel2023-02-27T12:16:26.500
In her own unique way, Veronica Zundel celebrates women, but anguishes over the unequal way we can be treated
Last autumn I went on a healing retreat at a beautiful 17th-century manor house in Sussex. As so often is the case with these events, both leaders and all the attenders were women. In a closing session, we were invited to give thanks for any blessings we had received in the last four days. When it came to my turn, I thanked God for “immersing me in a warm bath of women”.
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