An article titled: Nuns are more than “no” appeared in dotCommonweal, a blog by Commonweal magazine's editors and contributors. It linked to another response from some Catholic sisters who are part of a group called Giving Voice .
In the introduction to their Open Letter to Oprah they write:
A group of us were chatting on Facebook that it would have been great if Oprah had shared the story of other ways of living religious life on her show focused on religious life, February 9. So, we decided to draft an Open Letter to Oprah from younger women religious.Here is a link to the YouTube videos of the show.
Dominican Sisters of Mary . This link goes to Part 1. There are four parts. Links to the others can be found on the right of the first video.
The Open Letter from the sisters of Giving Voice concludes with:
We would love the opportunity to share more about our lives of prayer, community and ministry on a future episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show. We would gladly speak with you, invite you to experience our daily service, or help broaden your viewers’ understanding of religious life in any way we can.The Commonweal article concludes by saying:
Discovering that there’s more to a sister than what she wears and what she doesn’t do may be broadening, but it doesn’t make for good daytime TV.But who knows? Perhaps in the weeks and months ahead what the sisters who are part of Giving Voice are offering may become a reality!
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Great - thanks for the heads up - hope they get on.
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Amy
I was a bit taken by the Oprah segment at first, but then my feelings began to evolve... then I saw Giving Voice and I felt validated by that.
ReplyDeleteNow I am not a sister, but I know so many amazing women who are, many of them CSJs. They do not wear one same thing, think one same way or live out their vocation in one identical manner... other than their commitment to the Gospel.
What really struck me after my initial reaction to the Oprah segment was that I once discerned a vocation with some contemplative O.P. Dominican nuns in Connecticut. They were an astounding group of women in a large community, with women of many ages and varied personalities. It was not quite the same scene as presented by the Dominican Sisters of Mary.
To each their vocation... I think that Giving Voice is a good thing and I think anything that draws positive attention to the varied multitude of women that are sisters is a great thing.
God bless!
Fran