Look! Nuns!

[BigJon16]

Boom.




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[b] Catholic Nuns during the Civil War[/b]

[center][img]http://www.angelfire.com/pa5/civilwarchaplain2/SevenSisters.jpg[/img][/center]

[center][b]The Catholic Sisters of Charity and the Civil War [/b][/center]
[b]In Lincoln 's inaugural address on March 4, 1861 , he pronounced that the Union could not be dissolved by an act of secession (Ward 34). On April 12, 1861 , the first shot was fired upon Fort Sumter , and so began the Civil War in the United States . On April 9. 1865, Grant and Lee met at the Appomattox Court House, for the surrendering of the Confederate Army, and then the Civil War officially ended. In the four years of conflict between these dates, our nation lost by death and disease 600,000 men. The task of caring for so many dying, sick and maimed men was an ordeal. Four Orders of Catholic Sisterhoods participated in caring for the wounded and dying. The orders were: Sisters of Charity, Sisters of St. Joseph, Sisters of Mercy, and the Sisters of the Holy Cross. The work of the Religious Catholic Sisters during the Civil War was commendable . When the war began, the Sisters were the only organized and trained female nurses. The surgeons "liked them because they had been bred to discipline". Even President Lincoln had a high opinion for the tremendous service of the Catholic Sisters during the Civil War. [/b]



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Read it all:


[url="http://www.angelfire.com/pa5/civilwarchaplain2/"]http://www.angelfire...ilwarchaplain2/[/url]

[mysisterisalittlesister]

NUNS!!!

[Strictlyinkblot]

Love it!Supersisters!

[EmilyAnn]

Nuns? In the Open Mic? VS is taking over. :D

[Lil Red]

angelfire is still around???

[Strictlyinkblot]

[quote name='EmilyAnn' timestamp='1335995544' post='2426204']
Nuns? In the Open Mic? VS is taking over. :D
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We sneak in everywhere

[Clare~Therese]

[AnneLine]

They TOLD us to stop just hanging out in VS.

We are obedient, right dUSt! We are trained to obedience just like Mr. Lincoln said about the Sisters!

Thanks, Big Jon, for sharing the stories about the work of the Sisters in the Civil War.

When I went to Gettysburg a few years ago, got fascinated on this subject. Check out this link from the Parish Church, St. Francis Xavier, that was located in the heart of the fighting.... and the beautiful stained glass window commemorating the work of the sisters!

[url="http://www.stfxcc.org/About%20St.%20Francis.html"]http://www.stfxcc.or...t. Francis.html[/url]

Also check out this article:

It's an article on PDF from the Civil War Times that discusses the Nuns, and has some great photos.

[url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piedmont_fossil/sets/72157607898487055/"]http://www.flickr.com/photos/piedmont_fossil/sets/72157607898487055/[/url]

(edited to try to get that link to show... if not, I'll try to figure out another way to post it...)

Edited May 2, 2012 by AnneLine

[Papist]

Wow. All those nuns and no of them wearing pantaloons.

[dominicansoul]

the Nashies have an interesting story regarding the Civil War....

...I won't tell it, cos then i'll spoil it for the posties....

[AnneLine]

DS -- but then we non-possies won't know the story!!!!

Oh Papist... I hope this doesn't move into a habit debate.....

Look all those sisters (if we're being technical), and look at most of them wearing the clothes of French Peasants and widows! I went to school with the Daughters of Charity, who wore (and still wear) a very recognizable habit, and they were constantly reminding us of St. Vincent's adminition to them about WHY they were NOT wearing veils: "Veils and Vows Make Nuns; Nuns Have To Be Cloistered. No Veils, No Vows, No Cloister!"

(He'd learned this when his good friend St. Francis de Sales' Sisters of the Visitation were required to take on enclosure because they had veils and made vows. Bright peasant that he was, Vincent wanted to be sure that his 'Daughters' would not have enclosure imposed on them. He realized theirs was a different vocation!)

Also reminds me of the whoop-ti-do when Mother Teresa wanted her NOVICES to be doing APOSTOLIC WORK during their NOVITIATE YEAR! Horrors! But she pointed out, quite rightly I think, that her novices NEEDED to be doing their apostolate as part of their novitiate, as othewise how could they discern if they were called to this life?

So much good work being done for God... let's please keep the focus on that! God is creative.... and we can be in how we serve Him, too... yes?

I love the window in St. Francis Xavier church.... and the story about how many were converted. Such a wonderful story!

Edited May 2, 2012 by AnneLine

[Papist]

No debate needed. I just love seeing nuns in their habits.

[AnneLine]

Me too!

[PhuturePriest]

[quote name='Papist' timestamp='1335999175' post='2426238']
No debate needed. I just love seeing nuns in their habits.
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Well, that's wonderful. But these are not Nuns. Nay, they are Sisters. There are massive differences between the two.

The Religious Order Nazi has struck yet again! *Flies off*

[Vincent Vega]

[quote name='AnneLine' timestamp='1335996253' post='2426216']
We are obedient, right dUSt! We are trained to obedience just like Mr. Lincoln said about the Sisters!
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Obedience or death, right? That's what our friend Lincoln demanded.
[quote name='AnneLine' timestamp='1335998793' post='2426234']I went to school with the Daughters of Charity, who wore (and still wear) a very recognizable habit
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[img]http://www.seton.net/employment/nursing/publication_and_presentations/nursing_annual_report_2008/img/brewer_Large.jpg[/img]
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[img]http://www.arkansas-catholic.org/photos/voc_daughters_pic.jpg[/img]


Yeah, they had better be careful, otherwise they're liable to recognizable us all to death.

Edited May 3, 2012 by USAirwaysIHS