Tag Archives: Leadership Conference of Women Religious

SNAP to protest LCWR meeting in St. Louis (schedule posted)

Posted on 7 August 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) is planning on protesting outside the hotel where the Leadership Conference of Women Religious are meeting in their annual assembly.  Why?  For years they have been trying to work with the … Continue reading →

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LCWR MEETING begins 7 August!

Posted on 7 August 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The leaders of a certain kind of community of women religious will be gathering today in St. Louis for the annual meeting of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR – a subsidiary of the Magisterium of Nuns).
After refusing to … Continue reading →

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Fishwrap’s article on LCWR’s keynote speaker: “Teilhard would find in Barbara a kindred spirit”

Posted on 6 August 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From the LCWR… er ummm… Fishwrap. The National Catholic Reporter has an article on the LCWR’s keynote speaker: Barbara Marx Hubbard.
Read below and then ponder why the LCWR refused to allow the CDF’s liaison Bp. Sartain to attend their assembly. … Continue reading →

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Are the LCWR and lefty mainstream media distracting attention from abuse of children by women religious?

Posted on 5 August 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

My friend The Motley Monk has a must read piece at American Catholic about the LCWR and what is, and isn’t, behind the recent “hostile takeover” by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Read the whole thing THERE, but here … Continue reading →

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Some notes to review before the LCWR Assembly in St. Louis

Posted on 4 August 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The long-anticipated annual assembly of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious will soon begin in St. Louis, MO.  The local ordinary, Archbp. Robert Carlson is slated to speak at the assembly.  There is an article about the assembly at the … Continue reading →

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Archbp. Sartain offered to attend LCWR Assembly. In a spirit of dialogue, The Nuns rejected his gesture.

Posted on 4 August 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The other day in the National Catholic Register, I read a piece about the upcoming annual assembly of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR – a subsidiary of the Magisterium of Nuns).  The writer, Ann Carey, is all over this … Continue reading →

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Bp. Blair about the LCWR

Posted on 26 July 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

You will recall that Sr. Pat Farrell, President of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (a subsidiary of the Magisterium of Nuns) was interviewed on the liberal radio network NPR.  NPR followed up with an interview of one of the … Continue reading →

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Dissecting a radical anti-Catholic feminist’s opinion piece

Posted on 6 July 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From the Guardian:
Vatican orthodoxy does not represent all American Catholics
Conservatives in the Catholic Church are pushing back against reformers, but progressives can find allies: it’s a broad church
Claire Sahlin
“Quit the church … Put women’s rights over bishops’ wrongs,” proclaim the … Continue reading →

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H.RES 689: WHEREAS … Network, the LCWR, and the Nuns On The Bus go ’round and ’round;

Posted on 27 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Over at FishwrapI understand from Fishwrap that some members of the 112th Congress’ 2nd session have introduced a resolution in support of Catholic sisters!
Exciting, I know.
The House Resolution conflates all Catholic sisters in the USA with the leadership of certain groups of … Continue reading →

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Please, Sisters! Save our planet!

Posted on 19 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I noted on the site of the BBC that obese people are contributing to the world food crisis and climate change.
This is such a worrisome problem that the Sisters of St. Francis in Philadelphia have decided to go after McDonalds.
Since … Continue reading →

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