Sisters Teach Oprah!

One of the big stories of the past week is that the Dominican Sisters of Mary agreed to appear on the Oprah show. AS you can imagine, Oprah is not viewed in my home, so I have not seen the show. If you would like to view the episode, I have it below in four easy to watch segments. Enjoy.

Thanks to Sentire Cum Ecclesia

Caption this picture!

I haven't done one of these in like forever.

The winning caption gets to be interviewed by me for my upcoming post on the likelihood of me being named Bishop of Scranton.

Have at it!

Vatican to look at Nuns in America

I was in Catholic grade school in the late seventies, early eighties. I was taught by sisters. I owe a great deal of what I know Catholicism to be because of them. And luckily I was taught by good sisters. Ones who taught us about God, Jesus, The Holy Spirit, and the saints. They taught us about Heaven, Purgatory, and yes. Even Hell.

I'll admit, I have a soft spot for sisters to this day because of how they treated me when I was wee lad. When I was at the EWTN celebration a few years ago in Philadelphia I made sure I went up and spoke to Mother Angelica's sisters that were there.

And if Sister Mary who taught me in third grade is reading this, thanks! You were right, I turned out ok!

When I attended St. Boniface the nuns presence was beginning to diminish at the school. There were more and more laymen coming in as teachers, and less and less sisters. Now, of course the school is closed, and the presence of sisters in the diocesan schools today is almost non-existent.

In post Vatican II years, we have seen a massive decline in the amount of Catholic nuns across the board, and in vocations in general. But unfortunately, many of the nuns we do have can barely be called nuns. They do still exist, but what many of them espouse can barely be called Catholic.

Here's the decline of the Catholic nun in pictures for easy reference.

Here's a nun from the turn of the century roughly:

Here's a nun from the 1960's:

Here's a group nuns from today. From our Diocese's own website:


What's wrong with this picture? Too much to go into. Not only have many religious sisters in this country lost their habits, they have changed their missions. Whereas nuns from years ago mainly educated our children and cared for multitudes in hospitals, now they have morphed into "community organizers", carrying the banner of social justice and attempting to make it the Church's number one priority instead of the salvation of souls. Some have gone so far as to openly oppose Church teaching on matters of women's ordination, gay marriage and abortion.

Well, the Vatican is getting involved now. Go here to read the story. Pray the Vatican can fix what the US Bishops have allowed to break.