Rep Points, the Universe and Everything, Now with MAGNETS

[Nolamom]

Actually, I couldn't believe it myself when I found those pics. It's for a place call The Hub in Bristol. But you said hot pink nuns...

[scifithinker]

The one I was/am looking at wears street clothes. It's actually part of their constitution.

Adrianne

How did the order get a constitution when the Catholic Church is a (benevolent) dictatorship?

[Hatusu]

The one I was/am looking at wears street clothes. It's actually part of their constitution.

Adrianne

What's their mission?

[Hatusu]

How did the order get a constitution when the Catholic Church is a (benevolent) dictatorship?

Really, it's not a dictatorship. Even the Pope gets elected. Someone who enters an order does it freely. They have time to get to know the lifestyle before they finalize their vows. Even so, they can leave. Each order, monastery and abbey has it's own rules and mission. Yes, there are guidelines and limits, but they have changed over the years, usually by vote.

Although sisters seem to have less freedom compared to most women nowadays, as late as the last century, they had more freedom to get educated, to have a profession and to travel than other women. The church took in my Great Aunt who was orphaned and educated her. She joined a teaching order and became a Sister Superior. She came to visit my school when I was in first grade (she lived out of state). All the nuns were in a tizzy about her coming. She wore one of those fancy headpieces. I was quite impressed.

[AdrianneP]

What's their mission?

Serving the church, apparently, which I really like because I'm very interested in serving the church ... however, I haven't actually seen this At this point it's all talk, as no one I met is actually active within their parish. They just go to Mass because they have to

Adrianne

[uknesvuinng]

Serving the church, apparently, which I really like because I'm very interested in serving the church ... however, I haven't actually seen this At this point it's all talk, as no one I met is actually active within their parish. They just go to Mass because they have to

Adrianne

Wouldn't serving the church be the overarching mission of any convent, no matter what specific focus they have? That seems like a really vague mission to me.

EDIT: Well, I suppose some could be more socially focused without necessarily looking to serve the church itself.

[AdrianneP]

Wouldn't serving the church be the overarching mission of any convent, no matter what specific focus they have? That seems like a really vague mission to me.

EDIT: Well, I suppose some could be more socially focused without necessarily looking to serve the church itself.

Exactly. A lot of them focus more on the poor or health care specifically. I have no interest in the poor and I wouldn't consider myself a good candidate for nursing as I strongly dislike stupid people -- also why I don't mix well with the poor. I'm much more interested in serving the Church body, specifically -- in a parish or diocese setting.

Adrianne

[Hatusu]

Serving the church, apparently, which I really like because I'm very interested in serving the church ... however, I haven't actually seen this At this point it's all talk, as no one I met is actually active within their parish. They just go to Mass because they have to

Adrianne

Interesting.

[Guest]

Exactly. A lot of them focus more on the poor or health care specifically. I have no interest in the poor and I wouldn't consider myself a good candidate for nursing as I strongly dislike stupid people -- also why I don't mix well with the poor. I'm much more interested in serving the Church body, specifically -- in a parish or diocese setting.

Adrianne

Adrianne, why do you equate the poor and sick with stupid? Not a very charitable attitude...especially for one professing Christian faith strong enough to lead a cloistered life.

I was raised very poor and I don't consider myself nor my parents stupid because we didn't have access to certain resources. I find your comments in very poor taste and extremely un-Christian.

Serving the Church is serving its people--poor, sick, rich and stupid. You might need to reconsider your vocation.

[alaskannut]

Exactly. A lot of them focus more on the poor or health care specifically. I have no interest in the poor and I wouldn't consider myself a good candidate for nursing as I strongly dislike stupid people -- also why I don't mix well with the poor. I'm much more interested in serving the Church body, specifically -- in a parish or diocese setting.

Adrianne

Adrianne, I'll spare you my life story, but to say that I was raised in poverty would be an understatement--many years my family got by (barely) on under $10,000. Does that make me somehow mentally deficient? My family?

Also, why do you equate nursing with stupid people? I can't help but think that Stephen Hawking, Franklin Roosevelt and John Nash would likely object to that particular characterization

[TameFarrar]

Thank You
this was beginning to get somewhat ludicrious

[ShadowMaat]

Ahhh, good ol' elitism. Anyone poor must be stupid. Anyone homeless must be stupid and lazy and probably a drunkard/drug addict (which is basically the same as being stupid, anyway).

You're to be congratulated, Nutty, on managing to hit all the right keys and say something coherent. Can't be easy for someone of your... upbringing.

Gods forbid anyone should taint themselves by hanging with such lowlifes. Dumb is contagious, you know, and it isn't the only disease those poor stupid folk have. Or was it stupid poor folk?

[SqueeG-1]

Some of the people I work with are rich and stupid. Can I take their money?

[ShadowMaat]

Some of the people I work with are rich and stupid. Can I take their money?

Tsk, tsk, tsk. Everyone knows that anyone with money is intelligent. It's genetically impossible for the rich to be stupid. Unless they're dumb thieves who happened to get lucky, and then it'd only be right for you to take their money since they're just dumb beasts who don't deserve what they've got.

[uknesvuinng]

The Catholic church owes its income of billions to the pointless spending of poor people. Of course they think their victims are stupid.

(Normally, I might be nice and overlook that the Catholic church is just the old implementation of Scientology, but those comments justify harsh truths presented bluntly.)