Comments on: Catholic Sisters on Trial

By: kesmarn

kesmarn — Wed, 02 May 2012 20:23:11 +0000

Well said, my dear friend!

And to Bob F. I know quite a number of those allegedly “nutty nuns,” and they’re brilliant women with good hearts. They also have enough self-esteem to respect themselves and the work they do, and to resist domination by men who have plenty to account for themselves.

By: Graciela de la Rosa

Graciela de la Rosa — Wed, 02 May 2012 19:37:36 +0000

It seems to me that you should not be worry; I don;t know what is the overall problem, most probably what the Vatican does not like about the american sisters is their independence and liberty. I read today in any accidental way the gospel of John in which he transcribes when Jesus gave the new commandment that is love the others as you love God. Well if the Vatican does act according to this words of Jesus, you shouldn’t be worry because they are going to apologize to you, if they don’t care about love, then your have to have the wisdom to understand that you are inside an institution that only administrates in earth what they hallucinate god told to do, and you just have to survive, as we all do.

By: Lea Brown

Lea Brown — Wed, 02 May 2012 19:33:44 +0000

Bob, “Faithful Catholics” won’t be driven and have the right to question and discuss. Faithful Catholics were not driven out by the sex scandals of priest. There are more rotten apples in the barrel of priest than there will ever be in the barrel of nuns.

By: Lea Brown

Lea Brown — Wed, 02 May 2012 19:29:58 +0000

Thank you Elizabeth for saying this.

By: Helen Kemper

Helen Kemper — Wed, 02 May 2012 18:05:53 +0000

As an associate of the Sisters of Notre Dame, I know many Sisters that devote their lives to caring for the poorest of the poor and teaching the word of God. They work long hours for very little pay, living on the edge of poverty. They exemplify what it means to be a Christian.
Perhaps this investigation will teach the hierarchy a thing or two about being a true Christian.

By: Elizabeth Sholes

Elizabeth Sholes — Wed, 02 May 2012 16:14:56 +0000

When institutions focus on narrow doctrine rather than vital witness it is the last shriek of a dying entity. Every organization that demands intellectual purity and rigid conformity does so out of fear. It never works. This inquisition against women doing the real work of the faith is the death knell for that institution. Beware of your wishes.

By: Deborah (Debo) Dykes

Deborah (Debo) Dykes — Wed, 02 May 2012 16:05:12 +0000

Applause as well to John Gehring for this insightful and accurate article. The patriarchal system of the Catholic church that has shaped our world for nearly 2,000 years has now brought us to the edge of destruction with its dualisms, hierarchies, exclusivity, domination, oppression, denial, and inequality. This may be the Vatican’s final assault that breaks the hold it has had on the world. The nuns of today will lead the world in recognizing the full humanity of all of us.

By: Bob F.

Bob F. — Wed, 02 May 2012 14:19:04 +0000

These ain’t the nuns of yesteryear. They are the sort of nuns that drive faithful Catholics out of the Church for distorting Church doctrine.

A friend of mine, who is basically the closest thing to a saint this side of heaven, was basically driven from her job at a Catholic school because she was pro-life and is faithful to the Church’s teaching on sexuality. She, being a music teacher, taught the girls some gregorian chant (which the students loved, its amazing how tradition draws young people). The nun in charge flipped out and basically tormented her until she left. This nun was more into yoga than actually standing up for what the Church believes.

This is why the LCWR is being investigated. That’s not to say there aren’t nuns out there that do great work, but there are some seriously rotten apples that are spoiling the barrel.

There’s a reason Walker Percy wrote in Lost in the Cosmos: “For every Mother Theresa there are 1800 nutty American nuns.”

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 01 May 2012 20:12:21 +0000

I was raised by nuns from the earliest years of my life, from kindergarden to my graduation in college. The nuns loved us, they acted at times like the “big sisters,” “2ndary mothers”, ” aunties” we didn’t have that we could run to in times of trouble . They were the dedicated women, without salaries or frills, who taught us about God, educated us, brought out the love for charity, and they basically defined us as Catholic women. I think without them I could never have realized my potential and power as a woman in the role of mother and grandmother to steer my children towards loving God. My husband who also grew up in the Catholic tradition , was taught to understand his role as husband is to be the disciple of Christ to protect, and guide our family in our home, and at work! The Catholic traditions of God first, family second, and to work with our Church to charity within commuity are exemplary values. We have to stand by our own community, and these nuns and priests who are the tireless workers need our support now!

By: Greg Lucid

Greg Lucid — Tue, 01 May 2012 19:39:31 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parish_transfers_of_abusive_priests