Remember the Sisters

Abigail Adams once admonished her husband to "remember the ladies."  Pope Benedict might do well to listen to her advice.  I cannot believe the Vatican has decided to crack down on the 57,000 nuns in the United States who have somehow run afoul of church hierarchy, supposedly for not doing enough to stand up against homosexuality and the ordination of women.  "Unsullied by the clerical sex abuse scandals and recognized as central to the ministries and mission of the Church, Catholic sisters are these days often seen as the best of the institution and the finest representatives it has — women who worship God and emulate Jesus, and workers who minister to the poor and run schools and hospitals."  The following blog post is must reading for all Catholics.  I remember with great affection the nuns who traveled each Saturday to teach catechism for the poor public school kids of Eldon who did not have the advantage of a Catholic school.  They were nuns of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, an order well known for its teaching mission.  They were committed and involved women who showed us what it meant to live a life for others.  Click on the link to read the blog post from "She the People" in the Washington Post.Remember the Nuns