Pat Marrin

Pat is the former editor of our sister publication, Celebration, which closed in 2019. Pat also served as NCR cartoonist. After retirement in 2016, Pat continues to contribute to NCR with his Francis comic strip and Pencil Preaching. You can reach Pat at patrickjmarrin@gmail.com.

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Nov 30, 2021

Francis, the comic strip

Francis, the comic strip: A holiday to push back the darkness.

Nov 29, 2021

Cast wide the net

Pencil Preaching for Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Nov 28, 2021

Real authority

Pencil Preaching for Monday, November 29, 2021

Nov 27, 2021

Advent now

Pencil Preaching for Sunday, November 28, 2021

Nov 25, 2021

Going my way

Pencil Preaching for Friday, November 26, 2021

Francis, the comic strip: Brother Leo and Gabby talk about the real story of the first Thanksgiving.

Nov 25, 2021

Francis, the comic strip

Francis, the comic strip: Brother Leo and Gabby talk about the real story of the first Thanksgiving.

Nov 24, 2021

Happy Thanksgiving

Pencil Preaching for Thursday, November 25, 2021

Nov 23, 2021

Handwriting on the wall

Pencil Preaching for Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Nov 23, 2021

Francis, the comic strip

Francis, the comic strip: Brother Leo and Pope Francis give some thought to impossible things.

Nov 22, 2021

Begin again

Pencil Preaching for Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Nov 21, 2021

True wealth

Pencil Preaching for Monday, November 22, 2021

Francis, the comic strip: Autumn is teaching us something.

Nov 18, 2021

Francis, the comic strip

Francis, the comic strip: Autumn is teaching us something.

Francis, the comic strip: Francis gets an infallible robot assistant.

Nov 16, 2021

Francis, the comic strip

Francis, the comic strip: Francis gets an infallible robot assistant.

Nov 15, 2021

Out on a limb

Pencil Preaching for Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Nov 14, 2021

Celebrating science

Pencil Preaching for Monday, November 15, 2021

Nov 13, 2021

End or beginning?

Pencil Preaching for Sunday, November 14, 2021

Nov 11, 2021

Mother Cabrini

Pencil Preaching for Friday, November 12, 2021

Francis, the comic strip: Francis and Brother Leo talk about how to be a listening church.

Nov 11, 2021

Francis, the comic strip

Francis, the comic strip: Francis and Brother Leo talk about how to be a listening church.

Nov 10, 2021

Christian pacifism

Pencil Preaching for Thursday, November 11, 2021

Nov 09, 2021

Touch

Pencil Preaching for Wednesday, November 10, 2021