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A blessing on your hooters.


It may seem strange that a Catholic priest would bless a Hooters This article is about the two restaurant chains collectively using the shared Hooters brand. For other uses, see Hooters (disambiguation).
Hooters is the trade name of two privately held American restaurant chains: Hooters of America, Inc based in Atlanta, Georgia, and
 restaurant--known for its waitresses in tight tanktops and miniature orange shorts--but the folks around Waco, Texas For the Branch Davidian siege in Waco, Texas, see .

For other uses of "Waco", see Waco (disambiguation).
Waco (pronounced: /ˈweɪkoʊ/) is the county seat of McLennan County, Texas.
 weren't at all surprised. "That's typical Father [Rozycki]," said one parishioner.

Msgr. Isidore Rozycki is pastor of St. Martin's St. Martin's or St. Martins may refer to:
  • St. Martins, Missouri, a city in the USA
  • St Martin's, Isles of Scilly, an island off the Cornish coast, England
  • St Martin's, Shropshire, a village in England
 Church in Tours, Texas and is known for his lighthearted approach to life. Sixty local ministers had signed a petition protesting the opening of the Hooters, but Rozycki thinks the fuss is overdone o·ver·done  
v.
Past participle of overdo.

Adj. 1. overdone - represented as greater than is true or reasonable; "an exaggerated opinion of oneself"
exaggerated, overstated
.

As he explained to the Waco Tribune-Herald: "Blessings are part of the Catholic tradition. You bless the building so it will be a safe haven, so that the families who enter will be blessed, so the employees will be blessed as they support their families. God's image is in all these folks."
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Title Annotation:catholic tastes
Author:Dix, Tara
Publication:U.S. Catholic
Date:Apr 1, 2006
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