Tag Archives: Leadership Conference of Women Religious

Need a review of what’s up with the LCWR?

Posted on 18 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

If some of you are wondering what is going on with the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, there is a good summary piece at the National Catholic Register.  That’s the Register, not the National Schismatic Reporter (aka Fishwrap… which is … Continue reading →

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How the LCWR, Magisterium of Nuns, get around the Church’s teaching and hierarchy

Posted on 14 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I missed this the other day. On review, it is important enough to post about.
Over at Fishwrap, the National Schismatic Reporter, there is an interview with the head of the LCWR, Sr. Florence Deacon, from 7 May, while she was … Continue reading →

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Another view of Pope Francis’ correction of women religious

Posted on 10 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

It is hardly a surprise that bloggers and Catholic media outlets are not writing in greater detail about what Pope Francis told the international sisters group the other day.
Given that the American sisters over there were wowed by the fact … Continue reading →

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National Schismatic Reporter starts to turn on the Pope – Francis and the LCWR

Posted on 9 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Here is something that I never thought I would write.
Fr. Z kudos to Jamie Manson of the National Schismatic Reporter.
One of Fishwrap‘s headliners, a darling of LCWR, the openly-lesbian, Margaret Farley-mentored Jamie Manson has sobered up about Pope Francis.
She has … Continue reading →

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Pope Francis’ outstanding address to international leaders of women religious

Posted on 8 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Today Pope Francis met with some 800 leaders of women’s religious institutes from around the world in an organization called the International Union of Superiors General (UISG). Think of an international version of the LCWR.
This meeting of women religious in … Continue reading →

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National Catholic Reporter teams up with Ford Foundation backed entity to hide the truth about the Holy See’s ‘Doctrinal Assesment’ of the LCWR

Posted on 27 December 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Every year around Christmas and Easter, the usual hyenas emerge from the brush to worry at the Church’s heels.  This year, as a little gift to the Christ Child, the National Catholic Reporter (aka Fishwrap) has teamed up with an … Continue reading →

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LCWR Nuns are “the real thing”

Posted on 11 August 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Tom Fox of the Fishwrap was one the honored invited speakers at the recent meeting of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR – a subsidiary of the Magisterium of Nuns).   He has a brief but gushy post at … Continue reading →

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LCWR Assembly Update: How did keynote speaker Hubbard do?

Posted on 8 August 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I posted a video of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious assembly’s keynote speaker, Barbara Marx Hubbard, HERE.  If you were able to get through even part of it, you have an idea of what NunThink involves and why the CDF … Continue reading →

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LCWR’s Sr. Chittister’s evolving view of being a woman religious.

Posted on 8 August 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

On the site of the National catholic Fishwrap there is a story about a meeting of the past presidents of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR – a subsidiary of the Magisterium of Nuns). The story, by their obedient … Continue reading →

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LCWR Assembly Begins. What their keynote speaker brings to the Nuns. VIDEO

Posted on 7 August 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Let’s hear a little bit of what the Nuns of the LCWR will hear during their assembly.
Here is a video of their chosen and honored keynote speaker: Barbara Marx Hubbard.
Try to get through this.  Seriously.  It is a real education … Continue reading →

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