It almost has to completely come apart
before something
new and beautiful can spring up.
Sister Margie Hennings
Sister Margie
Henninger was expelled from the Order of St. Joseph and excommunicated for
affiliating with those not-Roman Catholics in Rochester, New York. She now runs
Grace of God Recovery House, a recovery house for the drug- and
alcohol-afflicted.
The following is a brief excerpt from Bill Keller's NYT article:
The following is a brief excerpt from Bill Keller's NYT article:
“It was
certainly painful, after 42 years,” she told me. “I lost my community. I lost
my home. I lost so much. But, God being God, I gained much more.”
At 71, Sister
Margie feels deeply Catholic, very much in harmony with her conscience, and
happy. And of the Roman church she left behind, she says: “It almost has to
completely come apart before something new and beautiful can spring up.”
There are
many nuns who hold fast to the church out of genuine devotion. But there are
others who stay out of fear — fear that they will grow old alone, fear of
penury and homelessness, fear of losing purpose.
Read the
complete New York Times article.
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ReplyDeleteHappy Blue Monday, Tito.
Nice quote and so true..
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Intriguing frieze and lovely story.....a friend and I were just discussing the saying about one door closing and another opening yesterday, and, voila, Sister Hennings said it even better.....thanx for the 'coincidence'...
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