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Celebrating the 'mothering' of women religious to the needs of the nation
At a gathering in Chicago commemorating 25 years of "Mary's Pence," a vehicle for funding the social justice activities of many women's religious orders, those attending had a chance to celebrate the immense contributions of nuns to serving the needs of the nation. Even as the US bishops' conference went further out on a limb, going after nuns and Girl Scouts, women religious have been further endearing themselves to the generations of Catholics who can see for themselves who best carries the torch for Catholicism in America. more » |
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Garry Wills reflects on "Bullying the Nuns"
"The Vatican has issued a harsh statement claiming that American nuns do not follow their bishops’ thinking. That statement is profoundly true. Thank God, they don’t. Nuns have always had a different set of priorities from that of bishops. The bishops are interested in power. The nuns are interested in the powerless." more » |
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Will the women listen, when the men start telling them what to do?
The USCCB announced a new campaign to "reform" nuns in the U.S., apparently because women religious played such a significant role in helping pass healthcare reform in 2010 in spite of the bishops' opposition. Will the women listen when the men march in and start telling them what to do? more » |
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Please Read: US Catholic
Bishops' "Faithful Citizenship"
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"He gave us strength in time of trouble, wisdom in time of uncertainty, and sharing in time of happiness. He will always be by our side...[May he] be remembered simply as a good and decent man, who saw wrong and tried to right it, saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it. Those of us who loved him and who take him to his rest today, pray that what he was to us and what he wished for others will some day come to pass for all the world. As he said many times, in many parts of this nation, to those he touched and who sought to touch him:
Some men see things as they are and say why. I dream things that never were and say why not."Sen Edward M. Kennedy (1932-2009)
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"Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America: They will be met.
"On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.
"On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics."
Inaugural Address, President Obama
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