tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post7104924201332474350..comments2024-03-05T14:07:28.062-08:00Comments on Ask Sister Mary Martha: Sister Mary Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00580244097177195453noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-27207788008710107672012-02-14T08:42:55.931-08:002012-02-14T08:42:55.931-08:00Our order turns down applicants who are mentally u...Our order turns down applicants who are mentally unstable or unsuitable to live in community life (for one reason or another). Women who claim to have had visions or inner locutions also send up a red flag. If someone truly has had visions or inner locutions, then it will be the bishop bringing her to the convent. <br />Just my two cents.<br />-Sister AnonymousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-14280318587575232752008-05-20T15:59:00.000-07:002008-05-20T15:59:00.000-07:00SSM, would it be "politically incorrect" for me to...SSM, would it be "politically incorrect" for me to ask why people are turned down by orders when they'd like to become sisters or nuns? I wonder if you could shed some light on this. I have wondered whether I should become a sister.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-80990594962198461812008-05-19T19:38:00.000-07:002008-05-19T19:38:00.000-07:00As a high school history teacher (turned stay at h...As a high school history teacher (turned stay at home mom) I never watered down the atrocities of any group of people. Not even the Catholic Church. If we do not learn from history we are condemned to repeat it. If we do not face sin and shed light an it as sin, not just 'politically incorrect' or 'wrong' behavior we will not overcome it. And if anyone thinks that the acts committed by people a hundred years ago have nothing to do with what happens today, look at the Crucifixion. Our history shapes who we are as individuals and as groups, whether that group is a minority or not! I am also an orthodox Catholic (ortho-straight or correct) living in the S.F. Bay area. I think it is difficult to be so almost anywhere these days.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04887517811235093697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-65889413261175888662008-05-19T12:38:00.000-07:002008-05-19T12:38:00.000-07:00Journey of truth- I too believe history is facts. ...Journey of truth- I too believe history is facts. But where I live it is considered poor taste to discuss the wrongs of the minority - the American Indian, in this case. I don't know why. They are making changes to the history books that detail the Minnesota massacres too, making the crimes less brutal on paper.<BR/>My daughter was taught evolution in history class. She wrote her teacher a paper clearly telling him that theory was for science and to keep to the facts for history class.<BR/>Monica- there is the annual testicle festival in Lincoln NE.<BR/>Beef and pork testicles are considered a delicacy, it is one food that can be eaten with out killing the animal first.<BR/>God Bless, CindyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-85009541434319286702008-05-19T07:55:00.000-07:002008-05-19T07:55:00.000-07:00Mema, I have never barbecued and eaten anything t...Mema, I have never barbecued and eaten anything that was still alive, have you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-76979410891665387602008-05-19T04:21:00.000-07:002008-05-19T04:21:00.000-07:00I think history can't be "politically incorrect" u...I think history can't be "politically incorrect" unless you are using it to justify a new atrocity - and even then "politically incorrect" isn't the correct term. <BR/><BR/>History is history. Being a jerk is being a jerk. Unkind is unkind - to use history to attack another race or gender of people is wrong. To use history to keep a person or persons in any sort of bondage (financial, or otherwise) is wrong. See where I'm going here? <BR/><BR/>Why call "wrong" "politically incorrect"?Sarah - Kalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17877449375576975508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-73532417202887008902008-05-19T02:59:00.000-07:002008-05-19T02:59:00.000-07:00I lived in San Francisco for my 20's, before I bec...I lived in San Francisco for my 20's, before I became religious. I think being a conservative Catholic in SF would be very, very hard.Katyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13622285332517929438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-89899992837036657672008-05-18T20:47:00.000-07:002008-05-18T20:47:00.000-07:00Who's the patron saint for those of us faithful Ca...Who's the patron saint for those of us faithful Catholics who work for social justice and the marginalized but are surrounded by conservative Catholics?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-42504804400853296562008-05-18T15:56:00.000-07:002008-05-18T15:56:00.000-07:00I live in Southern Ontario - where this whole thin...I live in Southern Ontario - where this whole thing took place. The little Huron camp where the Jesuits lived is (mostly) still standing, and has been turned into a lovely educational pavillion called Ste. Marie among the Hurons. I went there for a school trip once....along with every other kid in Ontario. Right across the street is Martyrs Shrine - a beautiful church dedicated to the North American Martyrs.RadioPiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04458182612575923123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-17929054485785802272008-05-18T12:41:00.000-07:002008-05-18T12:41:00.000-07:00Hey Monica, It was no differant to them than a tas...Hey Monica, It was no differant to them than a tasty bar-b-que is to us.<BR/><BR/>MemaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-33852569900129429242008-05-18T09:12:00.000-07:002008-05-18T09:12:00.000-07:00I live between two reservations and it is now 'pol...I live between two reservations and it is now 'politically incorrect' to mention the atrocities performed by the American Indian, tho I grew up a stone's throw from the Wiseman massacre sight. You can google it but the printed version has been watered down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-47308756341633416922008-05-18T08:24:00.000-07:002008-05-18T08:24:00.000-07:00and after 'hunking off chunks of flesh' the indian...and after 'hunking off chunks of flesh' the indians would eat it. Eeeew.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-83417013382071770472008-05-18T05:39:00.000-07:002008-05-18T05:39:00.000-07:00I read somewhere (not sure if it's true or not) th...I read somewhere (not sure if it's true or not) that the English had told the Iroqouis that the Blackrobes were sorcerers, and that they needed their thumb and pointer finger to "work their magic" (i.e. celebrate the Mass). They chewed off the fingers of Fr. Jogues because of this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com