A Nun's Story?

A recent op-ed piece in the New York Times by Maureen Dowd criticized, rather rudely I might add, the visitation of American Convents. What she wrote has led many to ask why we need this visitation. I mean really, what could nuns be up to that would make the Holy See want to look into what is happening at American Convents?

Well, one example might be something I recently found in a parish filing cabinet (I won't say which parish) in the file entitled RCIA (God save us!). I found three volumes of a series entitled "Woman's Song" published by (again, God save us!) the National Religious Vocation Confrence. It has all manner of strange sprituality and feminist propaganda filling its pages, including this little ditty:

Praise our Goddess in Her Universe

Praise Her in the Womb of Her Birthing

Praise Her for nurturing deeds

Praise Her with harmony and melody

Praise Her with dance and song

Praise her with strings and pipe

Praise Her with Sounding cymbals

Praise Her with dancing children

let everthing that has breath

Praise our Goddess in Her Universe

-Lucy Edelbeck, O.P.

That, dear friends, is why the good sisters need to be visited.