[NYer]

Sister Evelyn Jegen, RC, of Chicago, prays during Mass at the Leadership Conference for Women Religious on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, at the Millennium Hotel St. Louis.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

I agree with this. I’m not saying I agree with everything the church does or says, but it doesn’t coerce people into becoming priests or nuns. It is a personal choice to become a nun. If you decide to become a nun, then by definition you have accepted the structure of the church, including abiding by the rules and decisions put forth by the church leaders. If you don’t agree with them, you can also quit and rescind your vows.

[kalee]

Sister,
Exactly what is your mission? I need some clarification.
Respectfully signed,
Kalee

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

Sisters, you’re fired. Find a religion that agrees with you.

[PeterPrinciple]

Farrell ended the address with a phrase she learned while serving the church in Chile when the country was under a military dictatorship.

“They can crush a few flowers, but they can’t hold back the springtime,” she said, before receiving a standing ovation.

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I would be more encouraged if she had quoted the Bible...............

[Servant of the Cross]

"Dialogue on doctrine is not going to be our starting point," Farrell said. "Our starting point will be about our own life and about our understanding of religious life ...

Good grief. Everything about the sisters response to the Vatican call to reform (this idiotic conference, the speakers, their rebellious attitudes, going to the media with their victimology meme) perfectly ILLUSTRATES them to be the dissenters that the Vatican review found them to be.

Look at all the 'ours' in the above statement. Shame on these prideful self-centered 'intellectuals' who have allowed their "mission" to have been stolen by the secular forces of this world.

Sister, whatever happened to starting the dialogue with Jesus Christ, and the Church he founded with Peter as its Rock?

[Wuli]

they will not “compromise the integrity of its mission”

as a non-Catholic, I am unfamiliar with their institutional organization structure

were they organized/established by the Roman Catholic Church?

or did they “self organize” without an institutional mandate from the Church

If their group is a creation of the Church, then isn’t their “mission” something assigned to them BY THE CHURCH, and if that’s the case, then isn’t it NOT subject to the mere interpretation of the sisters?

As I said; as a non-Catholic, I am unfamiliar with the institutional relationships involved, and can only make assumptions, with that ignorance.

[Gay State Conservative]

Obedience is the key.Obedience to God's commands that is.Homosexual “marriage” and abortion (among other things) have no place in the minds or hearts of anyone who intends to follow His word.If these “nuns” want democracy they'll find plenty of it in the Unitarian/Universalist “church”.I'd be perfectly willing to help them pack.

[A.A. Cunningham]

"I think what we want is to finally, at some end stage of the process, to be recognized and understood as equal in the church, that our form of religious life can be respected and affirmed," Farrell said Friday.

Pat "I'm my own pope" Farrell and her fellow heretical rabblerousers have forgotten that they are consecrated members of the laity not part of the magisterium.

[Chesterbelloc]

This is what the Vatican needs to do:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kt3Q00iJVU

[Vince Ferrer]

From the New York Times:

"The nuns’ meeting on Wednesday in a vast hotel ballroom here exemplified the melding of traditional Catholicism and modern innovations that has so perturbed the Vatican. They sat in silence for a long stretch, sang songs about truth and mystery accompanied by a guitar and a choir, and heard a keynote address by a futurist who was escorted to the podium by seven liturgical dancers waving diaphanous scarves of pink and tangerine. "

[windsorknot]

Not unlike a fallen angel that wasn’t about to play second fiddle to a higher authority.

[Salvation]

The plot sickens (LCWR)
US nuns facing Vatican order to reform, quash dissent will hold talks with church leaders
Cardinal Burke on nuns’ group: ‘If it can’t be reformed, then it doesn’t have a right to continue’

LCWR Assembly Update: How did keynote speaker Hubbard do?
LCWR Assembly Begins. What their keynote speaker brings to the Nuns. VIDEO
LCWR assembly begins; Vatican representative told attendance 'would not be helpful'
LCWR Prepares to Discuss Response to Vatican Mandate to Reform
Bishop Explains Vatican's Criticism Of U.S. Nuns (promoting non-Catholic theology)
Sr Patricia Miller in op-ed canonizes St. Obama for his respect for religious liberty. No, really.
LCWR nuns: “Catholic Church is pro-foetus but keeps silent on other essential issues”
Analysis of NPR’s interview of LCWR Pres. Sr. Pat Farrell: like a 7-y/o’s manipulative obfuscation
Biden brings cookies and ice cream to (dissenting) LCWR president’s motherhouse
Oh Sisters! Renegade Catholic nuns engage in media campaign (Nuns on Bus Alert!)

GUEST POST: “the sisters chose to put this out there for the public”
American Nuns Say Questions Not Defiance
Sister Keehan, CHA push dangerous compromise on HHS mandate (again)
Traditional Sisters Big Hit With Trendy Teens
LCWR reform is not criticism of religious orders, [Archbishop J. Peter Sartain] says
Sisters of Mercy doctors say LCWR is injecting politics into dialogue
Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley Laments Discord on Nuns
Vatican Official Warns of 'Dialogue of the Deaf' with LCWR
Bishop Blair Pounds the Facts; LCWR Pounds The Table
Nun Who Leads Network Disparages Bishops, Hesitant to Call Herself Pro-Life

Analysis: Dispute With US Nuns Began Decades Ago
Vatican: LCWR under direction of the Holy See; must promote doctrine "taught through the ages"
“The Biggest Distortion of All” [LCWR vs CDF]
Nuns Brace for Vatican Meeting
Catholic Identity Once Again
Crisis of sisterhood: ‘Radical’ U.S. nuns clash with Vatican doctrine guardians
Franciscan Friars Back American Nuns in Vatican Spat
Pastor Completely Loses It Over LWCR
Roman Catholic Womenpriests-USA stands behind LCWR
Nun Too Accurate Reporting

Sisters of Mercy President Defends Farley, Criticizes CDF
Major Vatican Assault Coming in October, Says Former Maryknoll Provincial
Vatican Warns Against Errors in Mercy Nun's 2006 Book on Sexual Ethics
Priests Come to Nuns’ defense
Leaders of U.S. Catholic Nuns to Address Vatican Reprimand About 'Radical' Feminism
Toldya About the Lesbian Nuns in Leavenworth [Ann Barnhardt]
Split over nuns' role plays out online (LCWR nuns complain about blogosphere)
ANOTHER WAY TO BEAUTIFY THE CHURCH or 10 REASONS NUNS SHOULD WEAR HABITS (Warning-graphic images)
Dallas bishop ‘communicating’ with nuns on their support for Gates’ global contraceptive campaign
When Reverend Mothers Cease Being Motherly
Nuns Issue Statement Defending Billionaire Contraceptive Campaigner Melinda Gates

Important Background Information About the CDF-LCWR Situation
Nuns Gone Wild: A Trip Down Memory Lane
Exhibit A for Explaining the LCWR Report
Vatican Crackdown on U.S. Nuns a Long Time Brewing
LCWR: getting to the truth of the matter (the blogosphere response to CDF document)
Radical feminist nuns’ group ‘stunned’ by Vatican criticisms, reform plan
Vatican announces reform of US women's religious conference (more details)
Citing doctrinal problems, Vatican announces reforms of US nuns' group
In hard-hitting document Vatican launches clean-up of feminist nuns in United States
LCWR Having a Bad Day. Vatican Names Archbishop Delegate to Continue Watching LCWR and Network