Posted on 12/31/2002 6:08:26 AM PST by NYer
Sr. Anne Bryan Smollin, Ph.D.
Counseling for Laity
Sr. Anne Bryan Smollin, Ph.D., chooses to focus her life on wholeness and people. As executive director of Counseling for Laity, Dr. Smollin strives to empower others to be whole persons. During her various lectures and workshops, Dr. Smollin speaks on communication, stress, relationships and humor. Concentrating on her belief that education opens doors for people, Dr. Smollin authored the book "Tickle Your Soul," which suggests methods to find a sense of connection on both an interpersonal and professional level. Furthermore, Dr. Smollin is a firm believer that humor and laughter touches everyone's souls and connects people of various backgrounds. Her personal motto, and one that she consistently shares with others, is that life is fuller, happier and healthier when our days are blessed with joy, smiles and laughter.
Yet one more thorn in Hubbard's crown.
Says it all.
And not Jesus Christ, obviously. In my experience, a lot of the problems we have in the Church are due to *some* *most* of those feminazi nuns who are running around. I'm remembering "Goodbye, Good Men!" and how many nuns were in charge of the admissions in the worst of the seminaries. It also seems to me that a lot of the "new age" stuff is led by nuns.
I remember when the nuns were let loose in the 70s. I worked with a couple of them in a company in Boston (also a recently married priest, another story altogether, but he is now, 20 years later, on the board of "VOTF") - and they were like fish out of water. It was really sad because instead of changing the world by being a beacon for Christ, the world changed them, and He became not enough anymore. Half of them up here in the northeast live in their own apartments. I'm not sure what their calling is beyond being educated virgins who are older and probably pray (never the rosary!) in an unspecified spiritual way and then write a book about it or lead "spiritual retreats" for the "whole person" or worst of all, run CCD and DRE programs in the parishes.
I know there are some wonderful nuns around still, but I can't find them around here.
As an aside, people comment all the time on how when they were in (Catholic) school, the balance of their teachers were nuns and now maybe there might be one or two on staff. I look around and I see plenty of nuns in secular or parish positions, but not in the schools. I guess they choose not to teach, but there are still plenty of nuns around - most named Barbara or Carol for some reason :-).
The "Church" of Justice and Integrity(TM) rides again.
Compared to these sick freaks, the Scientologists seem normal.
But don't worry - Father will be calling out the numbers at the next bingo following the fish fry.
Are conservative Catholics even paying attention to what their attitude to authority enables these psychos to do?
Isn't that odd that a nun would say that, and I on the other hand would say that my life if fuller, happier, and healthier because of the blessings of daily Mass, Eucharistic Adoration, lectio divina, the Family Rosary, and other sacramentals. The greatest particular blessings in my life are found in my family where all of life -- joy, grief, laughter, tears, just being together -- all of it is sacred.
You are absolutely right! By volunteering to teach an 11th grade Confirmation class at my parish, I gained greater insight into what these students were being taught. Even more startling was the fact that the pastor and DRE were planning to introduce some illicit changes into the liturgy, using these kids. Over my dead body!. The pastor was caught off guard when I showed him and the DRE documentation justifying this fact.
Bottom line, conservative catholics need to become active in their parishes. Too often, cradle catholics "accept" whatever changes are introduced, without questioning it. When their discomfort level rises, they stop going to mass and blame it on ... the pastor, the bishop, the diocese ... Rome!
Know your rights! Learn the facts! Get involved! Most importantly, never walk away from your parish. Speak with the pastor ... bring supporting documentation. You have the right to a licit mass. If that doesn't work, write to the diocesan office.
You don't think that the story of Adam and Eve was just a fable, do you?
EVE started it!!!
Shows you how little you know,the pederast priests are much more likely to be fraternizing with the ilk of you,plotting and planning the next step in the destruction of the Church.BTW,bingo was one the first things they attacked.
It is only the holy,caring priest,who would give up a free night to make a bunch of older people happy,socializing with each other for a very little amount of money. That was the first thing I noticed about the infiltrators,they denigrated poor,less educated parishioners with mean spirited little "inside" asides. This appealed to the poorly,even if lengthily, educated,"sophisticated",mature catholics,the backbone of Call to Action and VOTF. Oh yes, those evil ones were nasty and mean spirited from the get-go. And,they have not changed a bit.
ROTFLMAOPIMP!!!!!!
You have got to be a parody, lady, a cartoon. Jack Chick is wasting his time on his ugly and stupid comic screeds when Catholics like you are out there to follow.
Who needs parody when real life is even funnier?
But everything I said about bingo and the cavalier attitude of the "imposter" priests is true.
Lousy bunch of Roosevelt voters - I'd sooner see them starve than eat another nickel's worth of my social security contributions. Yep - that is the backbone of Kennedy liberalism.
I'm not sure that praying a rosary will ever cure you of that little bug.
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