Maryland women feel compelled to join priesthood, despite opposition from RC officials

Carroll County Times ^ | September 10, 2007 | Diane Reynolds

[sockmonkey]

Tell them to join a convent!

I don't want them in convents either. I think they should go join the Episcopalians.

[maryz]

What did the Episcopalians ever do to you? LOL!

This discussion reminds me of that folk song, "Oh daddy be gay", in which the devil carries off the old harridan of a wife, down to Hell, but:

One poor little devil looked over the wall
O daddy be gay
One poor little devil peeked over the wall
He said take her home daddy she’ll murder us all
Daddy be gay if you can be

O the devil he hoisted her up on his back
O daddy be gay
The devil he hoisted her up on his back
And home again with her in a pack
Daddy be gay if you can be

The old woman went a whistlin’ over the hill
O daddy be gay
The old woman went a whistlin’ over the hill
The devil won’t have me I wonder who will
Daddy be gay if you can be

[Ransomed]

“A latae sententiae excommunication is indeed official.”

Absolutely...but a latae sententiae excommunication is almost worthless a far as the teaching aspect goes. I mean what percentage of Catholics in the US have ever even heard the term “latae sententiae excommunication” much less had it explained to them?

Freegards

[Cicero]

This is sad, but really a fringe business. No Catholic, not even a liberal Catholic, could be unaware that these are not properly ordained priests.

Actually the one point in the article that really troubles me is this:

“She worked for years as a Catholic parish coordinator at an army intelligence base in Warrenton, Va., where she was the go-to person when people needed a minister.

“She bonded with the 150-person congregation, but then had to step aside when a priest came in for a couple of hours a week to perform the sacraments, which are central to the Roman Catholic faith.”

I can’t think of anything more dangerous than a Gaia-worshipping woman like this “bonding” with a congregation of 150 military intelligence people. Where was the military bishop while all this was going on? Yes, her position was “coordinator,” and a priest came in to say Mass every Sunday and presumably hear confessions, but this really wasn’t a good idea. We have enough problems with confused leftists in our intelligence agencies already.