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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.

Sr. Anne Bryan Smollin, Ph.D., chooses to focus her life on wholeness and people.

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 diocese issued a brief statement on Monday, categorically denying the allegations, calling them "baseless and utterly without merit." The lawsuit raises questions about whether diocesan staff therapists can provide unbiased counseling to victims of sexual abuse who are in a position to file a lawsuit against the church or go public with embarrassing disclosures.

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?

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.

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.