Ex-nun offers tips for supporting Catholic sisters
A national official for the United Church of Christ says she applauds the courage of the large group of U.S. Catholic nuns under heavy criticism from the Vatican. “I pray for their wisdom, eloquence and continued confidence in working toward change which must come,” wrote Susan A. Blain, a UCC minister who was a sister for 11 years before deciding not to take final vows.
Blain eventually followed a call to be ordained in the Protestant body and serves at the Cleveland headquarters as the UCC’s minister for worship, liturgy and spiritual formation. “It is painful to witness all that is transpiring” for the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), which was faulted for progressive leanings in doctrine and current social issues, she said.
“But if I am pained, I often find my Protestant sisters and brothers quite bewildered at how to respond,” said Blain. She made suggestions in an article posted June 12 on the UCC’s website:
