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Saturday, August 11, 2012

"The Nun Who Broke Into the Nuclear Sanctum" by William Broad, NY: A Modern Day Prophet for Peace


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/11/science/behind-nuclear-breach-a-nuns-bold-fervor.html?_r=1&hp

"She has been arrested 40 or 50 times for acts of civil disobedience
and once served six months in prison. In the Nevada desert, she and
other peace activists knelt down to block a truck rumbling across the
government’s nuclear test site, prompting the authorities to take her
into custody. Sister Rice is one of three people arrested in a break-in
at
the Oak Ridge nuclear reservation.
She gained so much attention that the Energy Department, which
maintains the nation’s nuclear arsenal, helped pay for an oral history
in which she described her upbringing and the development of her
antinuclear views. Now, Sister Megan Rice, 82,
a Roman Catholic
nun of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, and two male accomplices
have carried out what nuclear experts call the biggest security breach
 in the history of thenation’s atomic complex, making their way to the
inner sanctum of thesite where the United States keeps crucial nuclear
 bomb parts and fuel..."
Bridget Mary's Reflection
Sister Megan Rick is a modern day prophet for peace. She walks in the
footsteps of the prophets and saints who have gone before her.
Let us pray for and do all we can to make peace and justice a reality
in our world.

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