Tag Archives: women religious

Why won’t Sr. Simone Campbell answer a simple, direct question about abortion?

Do you remember my post called NUNS GONE WILD?  I will have to add Sr. Simone Campbell to that dismal list. From The Weekly Standard with my emphases and comments: Charlotte Sister Simone Campbell is a Catholic nun and liberal … Read More

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Card. Burke on the LCWR’s view of religious life

I wrote about how screwed up Sr. Joan Chittister’s view of religious life is HERE. Review that and then listen to this: [wp_youtube]XPhl04MRB4g[/wp_youtube] Same wave length, no?

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Check out one blog’s vivisection of Fr. James Martin’s (SJ) claims about LCWR’s vocations v CMSWR’s vocations.

Over at Amerika, our old friend, Fr. James Martin, SJ, wrote a piece in which he manipulated statistics so that it appeared that LCWR orders of nuns were getting as many vocations as the CMSWR nuns (the more traditional groups). That … Read More

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Vocations for Women Religious up in England

Here is some good news via CNS and The Catholic Herald. The number of women joining religious orders in England and Wales has almost tripled in the last three years, according to a June 13 article in England’s Catholic Herald newspaper that … Read More

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Faithful, sound orders and religious institutes for WOMEN?

Since it’s LOVE DAY, let’s get real. I have been asked this before, and I think we have covered it before, but… repetita iuvant. Really good, sound, faith, orders or religious institutes for women in the USA?  England? Ireland? Canada? … Read More

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QUAERITUR: Can non-virgins be nuns?

From a reader: First of all, thank you for all the work you do for your flock! What a breath of fresh air good priests are! [And it is good that there are so many!] Here’s my question; Can a … Read More

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QUAERITUR: sending information for the Visitation of Women Religious

A priest reader of WDTPRS writes asking: Dear Fr. Z,   How can we get our experience of heterodox sisters to the congregation rightly investigating these women? The best way I can think of is to write directly to the … Read More

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