Wednesday, May 2, 2012

The Spirit of American Nuns

Regina Brett wrote a remarkable column in today's Plain Dealer about the Vatican's attempt to muzzle and reign in American nuns. Here is a line from that column: "But even he [Pope Benedict] can't stop this great wind that is blowing through this stale church, this Holy Spirit that includes that wonderful female energy that is God."

Some years ago, Sr. Jane Godfrey told me, "The toothpaste is out of the tube. There's no putting it back." Jane was a remarkable person, a professor and friend at Berea College, one of the great nuns I have known in my life. [more coming

]Regina Brett's Story on American Nuns


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