"the Lcwr, Cdf And The Doctrinal Assessment" By Bishop Blair

[Luigi]

[quote name='jaime' timestamp='1339612077' post='2444333']
You HONESTLY don't think anyone could take offense to your original statement?
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They can take offense if they want to. My personal opinion is that the women religious represented by the LCWR will, in the very near future, be so reduced in numbers due to the demographics of their members as to be no longer a force to be reckkoned with in the Church.

Have they done good work in the past? Yes. Do they do good work now? Yes. Will they be able to sustain their work in the future? Not in the form we know - the majority of their sponsored institutions are already led by lay administrations.

Edited June 13, 2012 by Luigi

[Jaime]

[quote name='Luigi' timestamp='1339615397' post='2444353']
They can take offense if they want to. My personal opinion is that the women religious represented by the LCWR will, in the very near future, be so reduced in numbers due to the demographics of their members as to be no longer a force to be reckkoned with in the Church.

Have they done good work in the past? Yes. Do they do good work now? Yes. Will they be able to sustain their work in the future? Not in the form we know - the majority of their sponsored institutions are already led by lay administrations.
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See I dont think anyone would get offended by what you just said right there. But that is waaaay different then "In 10 years they'll all be dead and God can sort them out". Do you not see that?

[Vincent Vega]

Whoever cranked the butthurt on PM to 11 recently, I'd thank you to turn it back to where it used to be.

[ClareOfAssisi]

[quote name='sixpence' timestamp='1339612551' post='2444338']
I admit that I have not done any thorough investigation, but I have not run across ANY news story featuring a sister who agrees that assessments/reforms were necessary....
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I just came across this: http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/sisters-of-mercy-doctors-say-lcwr-defenders-use-political-approach-to-faith/

Physicians who are also Religious Sisters of Mercy of Alma are criticizing the Leadership Conference of Women Religious and its defenders for using an impoverished “language of politics” instead of “the language of faith” in the dialogue with the Catholic hierarchy.

“They’ve taken this into the public political arena and it no longer stays in the dialogue of faith. Representation is always possible, dialogue is always possible, but it’s with the reverence towards the hierarchical Church.”


She said that the “language of faith” expresses belief in the Church and the authority of the Church. Catholics believe that when the bishops speak, they have “a different degree of authority” than when someone else does.


“In other words, the magisterial Church does direct for us the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives as religious women,” she said.


Sr. Firestone said that while Catholics do not believe the bishops are canonized saints, they are “not just ‘a bunch of men.’”


Those who live as religious women should, “live in the dimension of faith all the time” and recognize when they fail to do so, she said.

Read the rest at the link.

Edited June 14, 2012 by ClareOfAssisi

[sixpence]

[quote name='ClareOfAssisi' timestamp='1339697986' post='2444686']
I just came across this: [url="http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/sisters-of-mercy-doctors-say-lcwr-defenders-use-political-approach-to-faith/"]http://www.catholicn...roach-to-faith/[/url]

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Thanks!!

[ClareOfAssisi]

[quote name='sixpence' timestamp='1339698258' post='2444689']
Thanks!!
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Pleasure.

Another quote from the link: [b]“The Sisters who use political language in their responses to the magisterial Church reflect the poverty of their education and formation in the faith.”[/b]