Tag: Nuns
“You have here a silence that just breathes in you the greatness of God,” says Mother Superior Maria Michael of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Walburga, situated among grassy meadows and snow-capped Colorado mountains. More
“Who owns the natural resources? That’s the big question behind this,” says Maria Visse of the Sisters of Loretto. More
“Our purpose is to present the most humane, spiritual, moral, communal model of life for a world in chaos around us—to be an island of care and cohesion in the midst of all the movement.” More
“The world does really hunger for community and that is something that Benedictine spirituality has to offer. It is what Benedict did that was different. He created communities of people, brought people together to live this life in common.” More
Read an excerpt from R&E correspondent Judy Valente’s new book about Mount St. Scholastica monastery in Kansas. More
“This is not just about the Vatican versus the nuns,” says Sister Maureen Fiedler. “This really is about the future of how we interpret the message of the Second Vatican Council.” More
How close are US Catholic ties to the Vatican going to be in the future? “That’s a question that is definitely up for grabs in this particularly dispute.” More
“What are legitimate changes…and what are changes that are really more driven by the secular culture and its values?” More
What does it mean to be in the modern world? “Renewal and adaptation—that’s where all of the controversy comes.” More
“One of the great gifts of Vatican II was that it sent us back to study what the Gospels were saying.” More
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