Patrick Tomassi

Teacher. Writer. Contributing editor at Veritas Journal.

No longer using Twitter. To keep in touch:

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I've decided I need to get off social media. But I still want to share my writing with those that are interested. If you'd like to get an email when I publish a new article (and that's all I'll ever send), you can subscribe here!

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Some friends (inc @StancilJoshua and @TJBerden) have been working on this doc for yrs. It's about the APAC restorative justice prison system in Brazil.

If we want to have a serious conv about prison reform, I think this is a great place to start.

https://t.co/rQ9uW5o8yb

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Happy New Years Eve! My account will go away tonight. In lieu of flowers, send subscribers to https://t.co/JMakjHa72m

[Patrick Tomassi @patricktomassi]

I have some articles in the pipeline that I'm really excited to share with you! Please consider subscribing to my website so you get them delivered straight to your inbox.

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My feature for @americamag, which deals with the problem of racial bias in the Catholic homeschool textbooks that I and many others used growing up, and how Black Catholic homeschoolers have dealt with biased curricula.

https://t.co/aD3z2UZ7ZU

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My first piece for Veritas Journal (which I help to edit) on the experience of teaching during COVID, Walker Percy's "everydayness," and Augustine's "restless heart."

https://t.co/Cudl2XnybX

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My essay for @PublicDiscourse, in which I continued to reflect on the protests in Portland (bringing in the Proud Boys' rallies as well) and the way that American Puritanism has influenced both far-right and far-left extremes.

https://t.co/PpNTkl19t2

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My first reported piece for @BrkngGround, which looked at the protests over the summer in Portland, and the tension between peaceful and violent demonstration.

https://t.co/brWvlTl6hx

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An op-ed I wrote for the Portland Tribune about the need to increase rapid COVID testing in order to re-open schools (an idea which has since begun to catch on, but still not really become a reality).

https://t.co/3CzmlQA5Kf

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My first piece for @americamag, in which I tell about the unexpected friendship that began at the New York Encounter, which led, among other things, to me having a wonderful godson.

@nyencounter
https://t.co/banMpWMFFN

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A story I wrote for @GrottoNetwork about my barber, whose love for his children is the most beautiful answer to what Pope Francis calls our throw-away culture.

https://t.co/6uPANaBUQW

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An essay for @ChurchLifeND about eros and possession, and what they have to do with the Cross, in Brideshead Revisited (which became my favorite novel through writing this piece).

https://t.co/zMgB0BVoEO

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A reflection on one of my favorite films, Terrence Malick's "The Thin Red Line"
https://t.co/8TZYFa8B0X

[Patrick Tomassi @patricktomassi]

Do you follow me here because you liked an article I wrote? If so, please consider subscribing to my website – where I swear you'll just get an email about once a month when new articles are published – b/c my Twitter is going away!

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Articles in thread.

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@Anna_Paolicelli @duetosymmetry @SeamusBlackley Decidedly not. I'm not nearly this smart.

[New York Encounter @nyencounter]

A wonderful article from a great friend of the New York Encounter! What good things have you experienced from the New York Encounter?

[Patrick Tomassi @patricktomassi]

I have some articles in the pipeline that I'm really excited to share with you! Please consider subscribing to my website so you get them delivered straight to your inbox.

https://t.co/k2DtqKkgvw

[Patrick Tomassi @patricktomassi]

Do you follow me here because you liked an article I wrote? If so, please consider subscribing to my website – where I swear you'll just get an email about once a month when new articles are published – b/c my Twitter is going away!

https://t.co/JMakjHa72m

Articles in thread.

[Patrick Tomassi @patricktomassi]

My feature for @americamag, which deals with the problem of racial bias in the Catholic homeschool textbooks that I and many others used growing up, and how Black Catholic homeschoolers have dealt with biased curricula.

https://t.co/aD3z2UZ7ZU