There's no question it's our church, and we're not going away," said Sister JoAnne Courneen, a member of the Sisters of Mercy. "We're not going to let this distract us from our ministries."
Disappointed, angry, sad, surprised, hurt, shocked and confused were how local nuns said they felt earlier this year when a Vatican report criticized the conference. The LCWR says it has nearly 1,500 members who are elected leaders of their religious orders and represent more than 80 percent of the 57,000 Catholic nuns in the United States.
Those members include leaders of the Benedictine Sisters of Erie, Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern Pennsylvania and local Sisters of Mercy. Erie-area sisters were among 900 at an LCWR assembly this month that planned a response to the Vatican document. The sisters will start with dialogue.
"It does need to be addressed," said Sister Mary Herrmann, a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern Pennsylvania leadership team. "But we can't stop what we're all about while this is all going on."
Erie nuns minister on despite Vatican rebuke | GoErie.com/Erie Times-News
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