Comments on: How Catholic Nuns Shaped America

By: suzy Q

suzy Q — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:59:11 +0000

Pat P –
We were saying the exact same thing just this morning, talking about the dedicated sisters who taught us in the 50s-60s, and taught us well, suffering in those long black habits. It seemed the sisters did all the grunt work. Never got any praise or appreciation like the priests did. (No scandals either.)

Think we’ll ever see the Year of the Nun?. Doubt it. At my church we don’t even pray for vocations to the religious life, only for priestly vocations.

By: Joseph Yao

Joseph Yao — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:44:18 +0000

Absolutely, the “brides of Christ” throughout the ages are to be commended for the hard work they did solely for love of Him Who created all of us, and for His people. This despite the fact that they were not always totally in command of the religion that they taught us, or that there were a few occasional members who were not fit for their assignments.

I do want to take exception to the statement that “Catholic priests have committed … criminal acts … Every last one of them should be put on trial and, if found guilty, thrown in jail.” As with the nuns, there were a few occasional members who were not fit for that vocation. Under no circumstances should anyone say that every last Catholic priest should be put on trial. That spoils this entire article for me.

By: Noreen

Noreen — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:17:26 +0000

Finally, someone gets it! The Sisters have always been the underdogs of the Church, yet have contributed enormously to society in general. The generosity of religious Sisters is unbelievable, in my view. Hurray for you!

By: John

John — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:20:11 +0000

Ms. MacDonald is oddly critical of a New York Times article which she never really contradicts and whose subject matter she never bothers to explore. Rather, she seems to be making a clumsy effort to change the subject from a serious doctrinal dispute to a list of praiseworthy accomplishments by American nuns. God forbid that Fox news would do serious reporting on an important religious controversy involving the relationship between nuns and the Vatican. Far easier to do a feel-good piece about “bravery and derringdo (sic)”.

By: FRAN

FRAN — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:14:53 +0000

Too bad so many nuns were allowed to abuse children back in the fifties. Many people I know had trauma and fear as part of their daily education……kids bonded and used coping skills… as many were afraid to report abuse to their parents, for fear of further abuse. Yrs ago, corporal punishment was used alot more by the schools, and probrably at home too….Enlightened parents stood up to the Church………but many did not. They were also raised to fear those representing the CHURCH. BUT there were likely many kindhearted nuns So sad, as Mother Theresa was a role model….but so many nuns were sick and punitive.. and not supervised. SO if you had some kind nuns in your life, give thanks.