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by Dennis Coday on Mar. 18, 2010
March 17, 2010
Hat tip to OSV for this one. NCR didn't receive the media alert notice.
The Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious, which represents about 10,000 U.S. women religions, issued the statement yesterday. It is also on their Web site: Important message from Mother Mary Quentin regarding the health care proposal
In a March 15th statement, Cardinal Francis George, OMI, of Chicago, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, spoke on behalf of the United States Bishops in opposition to the Senate’s version of the health care legislation under consideration because of its expansion of abortion funding and its lack of adequate provision for conscience protection. Recent statements from groups like Network, the Catholic Health Association and the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) directly oppose the Catholic Church’s position on critical issues of health care reform.
The Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious, the second conference of Major Superiors of Women Religious in the United States, believes the Bishops’ position is the authentic teaching of the Catholic Church.
Protection of life and freedom of conscience are central to morally responsible judgment. We join the bishops in seeking ethically sound legislation.
Mother Mary Quentin Sheridan, R.S.M., President
On behalf of the Membership of the Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious
We had already reported: Nuns: Vote for health bill would be 'life-affirming'
I was sorry not to see
I was sorry not to see Sisters of the Congregration of the Holy Cross, Little Company of Mary, Sisters of Providence (Seattle), Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, Sisters of the Incarnate Word, Daughters of Charity all who serve in health care not part of the signing. Politics silences so many people from speaking up for the voiceless, or perhaps they dont approve period. Thank you Catholic Network for your leadership in this important issue.
Maybe the bishops are wrong.
Maybe the bishops are wrong. I suspect they are misreading the healthcare plan about to be voted on. I have more trust that the members of the Catholic Health Association and the leaders of the other 60,000 nuns who are working in the field know more than the bishops about the matter. At any rate, how many of the bishops and how many of the 10,000 nuns are without health care? Will they personally suffer if 30 million Americans continue to go without health care, if more and more Americans are priced out of the health care market or are cut by the insurers because they have reached their lifetime benefits or have pre-existing conditions? Will any of the bishops have to sell their mansions because of bankruptcy and will any of them be living on the streets?
"I was sick and you fought against health care for me because you THOUGHT that abortions would be covered by taxes that you don't pay in a plan that excluded taxes for abortions."
How many women religious does
How many women religious does the CMSWR represent? LCWR represents approximately 59,000 religious women in the US.
That's the number THEY say
That's the number THEY say they represent. Look to the actual numbers and you'd be surprised.
I commend the position of the
I commend the position of the nuns and the Catholic Bishops for standing up for the church's teaching on abortion and their pointing out that Hyde amendment is sought to be diluted in the health care bill.
Those Catholics leaders like the Nuns Network, who are supporting the Hyde amendment dilution in the health care bill are are like Wolfe in sheep clothing, who are trying to mislead and disperse the Catholic faithful.
We stand firmly with our bishops on this, we will not be swayed by the demagogues.
If you do not agree with the church's teaching, you can leave the Catholic church and start a new religion of your own, please do not stay and pretend you care when you really do not.
Please do not tell me to
Please do not tell me to leave our Church into which I was Baptized and Confirmed. Our church in which my husband and I were married and have raised our children. I believe the passage of the health care law was very Catholic in its outcome of extending health care to the most sick and neediest of Americans, including struggling young parents and their babies and in working to curtail corporate greed. You cannot determine who has a right to call him or herself Catholic. I love my Church and most importantly, I love Jesus Christ the One who gave His life to save us and lead us home to our Father in heaven with the help of the Holy Spirit. Blessings of the Easter season to you and to those you love. Sincerely, Kathleen
Some slight insight into
Some slight insight into Quentin may be found at
http://www.thebrotherinrome.com/%22The_Brother%22/Blog/Entries/2009/3/5_...
please see that 1973 schism of the Sisters of Mercy, and formation of the Alma community, of which I had some slight tangential knowledge.
Further info, among others, with a very scary quote from Quentin on obedience:
http://www.rsmofalma.org/apostolate/apostolate.html
Hi, do the nuns who like the
Hi, do the nuns who like the bill think congress(those who want the bill)would fund abortions if they could? I definitely think so!!! Jack
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