The Sisters Witness/America

The Sisters' Witness

http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=12248

Yes, I agree with this excellent article, affirming the witness of the Sisters in health care over the centuries. It is time now for nuns who are called to priestly ministry to come forward, fully supported by their religious orders. We need courageous religious to stand up to the Vatican and declare by their actions that women are equals in our church and justice for women in the church is now a reality as they serve the people of God in local, vibrant communities. Women are equal images of God and reflect Christ's presence fully, as do men, therefore women should preside at the altar.
Bridget Mary Meehan sfcc
The Editors | APRIL 26, 2010
T housands of U.S. women religious have just staked their public credibility in the cause of health care reform, during one of the most polarized civic debates in decades. These women with a vow of poverty had riches to spend: public trust accumulated since the Middle Ages, when European orders of women and men risked their lives to treat victims of the plague. Later, congregations like the Daughters of Charity and the Sisters of Mercy built hospitals in the United States to serve the poor, refugees and immigrants. Catholic sisters tended the wounded during the Civil War and nursed the pioneers—all for the love of Christ at pittance wages...