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Not only a taste of the past, but a taste of the future

Thanks to Anne Bender for passing along these fantastic old photos of St. Joseph's Chapel, Milwaukee, WI.  The chapel is on my list of places to visit.  I think we will see these days again in Wisconsin.  Maybe not with the same religious orders.... but the intense desire for Jesus Christ cannot be detained by modernism forever. 

more at Imprisoned in my Bones

It made me think of the great Augustine quote from Confessions:

Late have I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient, ever new, late have I loved you! You were within me, but I was outside, and it was there that I searched for you. In my unloveliness I plunged into the lovely things which you created. You were with me, but I was not with you. Created things kept me from you; yet if they had not been in you they would have not been at all. You called, you shouted, and you broke through my deafness. You flashed, you shone, and you dispelled my blindness. You breathed your fragrance on me; I drew in breath and now I pant for you. I have tasted you, now I hunger and thirst for more. You touched me, and I burned for your peace.

Sr. Wiesenbeck, FSPA gives shout out to LCWR for Obama Administration

Sr. Wiesenbeck as president of FSPA in La Crosse(center)

First some background:

You might remember that precisely at the time where Catholics needed to show their firm opposition to any forced participation in abortion, Sr Weisenbeck led a charge of dissident women who hoped to provide enough cover for the Obama administration to pass a bill that in the future can "codify Roe v Wade."  Since FOCA became widely unpopular, the president chose to make his health care legislation the foundation for unlimited abortion funding.  Frantic for power and prestige these sisters lead by Weisenbeck publicly opposed the Catholic Church's long held teaching that every life is sacred in opposition to the Catholic Bishops of the US.  I was told that Weisenbeck was called to Rome after that debacle which it seems has not affected her interest in pursuing her political career.  She was next appointed to the Obama administration as a reward for her efforts!  Obviously this appointment tells the real story behind her opposition of pro-life efforts and the USCCB.  She scratches Obama's back and he scratches hers.

And now we find out that the Leadership Council of Women Religious has received a letter from "The White House"

On behalf of the White House and the Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, we want to extend our very best wishes for a successful and fruitful Assembly this week.

We also want to thank and commend your membership for their commitment, voice and leadership for the common good and for the poor in this country. The contributions of women religious in the United States and globally are immeasurable. From education to health care, to social justice advocacy, our country and indeed the world has been gifted by your dedication to justice, service and peace. 

In a complete twist of irony, Weisenbeck didn't sign this letter from The White House (obviously trying to hide her affiliation to the LCWR), but did manage to sign her letter in support of Obamacare and it's public abortion funding which states are now trying to implement twice. 

Weisenbeck was president of the La Crosse based Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration from 2002-2010 and president of the LCWR from 2008-2010. 

HT Fr. Z

Both kinds of sisters

My great aunts (biological sisters to one another) in 1953, at Edgewood college in Madison, Wisconsin. My Grandmother considered them to be literal living saints. My Grandma and my mom used to say "if they're not going to Heaven, then nobody is". They meant this in all true seriousness and were pious Christians themselves. Sisters Patience and Rosita had a third sister, who was older than them, who was a nun of the order of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

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