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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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Pencil Preaching for Friday, December 3, 2021

Francis, the comic strip: Brother Leo has an unusual way of sending his Christmas cards.

Francis, the comic strip

Francis, the comic strip: Brother Leo has an unusual way of sending his Christmas cards.

House inspection

Pencil Preaching for Thursday, December 2, 2021

Abundance

Pencil Preachinfg for Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Francis, the comic strip

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

Cast wide the net

Pencil Preaching for Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Real authority

Pencil Preaching for Monday, November 29, 2021

Advent now

Pencil Preaching for Sunday, November 28, 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.

Francis, the comic strip

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

Happy Thanksgiving

Pencil Preaching for Thursday, November 25, 2021

Handwriting on the wall

Pencil Preaching for Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Francis, the comic strip

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

Begin again

Pencil Preaching for Tuesday, November 23, 2021

True wealth

Pencil Preaching for Monday, November 22, 2021

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

Francis, the comic strip

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

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

Francis, the comic strip

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

Out on a limb

Pencil Preaching for Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Celebrating science

Pencil Preaching for Monday, November 15, 2021

End or beginning?

Pencil Preaching for Sunday, November 14, 2021

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