Bad Catechumen

Substacknewsletter · by Sam Downey-Higgins

The Bad Catechumen writes poems when he should be at church.

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Every two weeks
From 5 posts indexed in the last 90 days
Last post
Sep 25, 2026
42 days ago
Likely audience
Poetry enthusiasts
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Bad Catechumen is a Substack newsletter by Sam Downey-Higgins covering Poetry, Literary Criticism and Philosophy. NewsletterFIT indexed 5 posts from it in the last 90 days, most recently on Sep 25, 2026.

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