Nun reprimanded for abortion clinic escorting

There is hope for these women!!

I was wondering when NCR was going to finally state something about Sister Donna Quinn's assistance in evil. The story broke in the secular press about a week or two ago. Was it by accident or deliberate that the title was "Nun reprimanded...."? Is this an attempt by NCR not to condemn Quinn and make her the victim of meanness in the Church? I cannot take credit for a good comment about this that reads: " What do they mean they are working with Sister Donna to resolve this issue. It can be resolved very simply. They immediately throw her out of the community. She is a disgrace to anyone who dedicates their life to the Church, including the many good sisters. Two, demand she make a public apology. Thirdly, she should be told to get herself in the confessional and beg for God's forgiveness. She is fortunate that God is much more merciful than human beings. Lastly, she should dedicate the rest of her life to pro life causes. It is interesting that the order knew of this scourge on the community for some time. It was only after it came to light that they are looking into it."
Quinn is a disgrace! How dare she disparage pro-lifers and blame them for her complicity in evil? If there are protesters who are breaking the law, the police should be called and those who break the law arrested. I personally don't believe Quinn, but if what she says is true how would that justify her dastardly deeds? I might add that if she opts to remain in the community, a good canning should be administered.

Cardinal Rode on to something?

That some religious women have invibed the spirit of secular culture is clear. I've seen sisters wearing chasables and stoles. I've been reprimanded for addressing sisters as 'sister.' I've known women religious to remove altars and crosses at their mother houses (ie. "leadership centers") as signs of male dominance.

Yet I know this isn't the whole story. The fringes never indicate the mean. Maybe the investigation will help women religious reflect more clearly on what they have won, lost, and are yet to gain or loose?

Nonetheless they're in my prayers.

One wonders why the Holy See has seen fit to initiate an apostolic visitation on religious communities of sisters in the United States?

Here's the answer: Sisters like Donna Quinn.

If these nuns would follow, and conform their lives, to the Church's teaching, there would be no problem at all. Sadly, they have chosen not to, they have chosen to put themselves and their opinions ahead of the Church and the potential to cause scandal to the faithful.

Bring on the visitation!

I am grateful and pleasantly surprised that congregation responded quickly and strongly.

This is a nu;n who causes scandal to the Catholic Church..How in;th;e world can she s;upport abortion rights//

she is not aqll there

th'is nun should seek medical help in ;her crazy actions..

get real and listyenm to the church teachilngsz not your own crazy thinking

One small victory!

And people wonder why the women religious are being investigated. Evangelium Vitae says that abortion is an "unspeakable act," like murder. I guess this nun thinks it OK to assist someone going to a site where they will engage in an unspeakable act. Would she drive them to a place to commit a murder? Would she drive them to a site to beat up somebody?

Let me guess: She also is a baby boomer and huge advocate of Vatican II and its need to "understand."

We should pray for her because she is obviously doesn't believe in the inviolability of the human person. What a shame. Maybe her penance should be to help those women who had abortions and regret it.

Sr. Donna Quinn needs to re-think her position as an American Catholic woman religious. The leaders of her order, Sinsinawa Dominicans of Wisconsin, are absolutely correct that "her actions have created controversy and resulted in public scandal." I pray that she finds other ways to express compassion toward people who find themselves in a desperately sad and hormonal time in their lives.

At the moment that I am writing this, there are no posts regarding this article. Yet, I could practically quote comments that we will see in the next few days. The most common will be statements indicating that this is why the Vatican needs to investigate women religious in the United States. Gob gob gob blah blah.

One can justifiably point a finger at the situation and say her actions are inappropriate. OK, that's one for the boys.
When we find 500 are these cases, I might consider that there needs to be some intervention from Rome in some particular orders. I say 500 as a general number to give some sort of equivocation to the scandals of the American priesthood.
But to use this one case or even fifty other situations where a nun may have acted in a scandalous form, does not justify the condemnation that is so evident toward our American sisters. I would've said coming from Rome, but now we know, according to Cardinal Rode's defense of his own actions, that it was other conservative American religious and laity that helped push the investigation.
Do the complaints come from inner jealousy or genuine concern for the church and sisters?

Let there be no doubt that when the "official teaching of the Roman Catholic Church" comes into conflict with the teaching of Jesus, one must follow the example of Jesus. No matter what "official" dogma states, obviously we all must open our hearts to the conflict of another. Blessed Sr. Donna Quinn did just that. In the face of evil and hatred [so-called believers spewing hate and venom], she was willing to help others who were facing this most difficult action [abortion]. None of us is able to pass judgment on another. Jesus would tell us, and did, we need to be there for others in love and compassion.

OK, so who are you neo-cons and traddies gonna finger next?

Only NCR would defend the actions of this so called Nun. Hoping for the day you guys go bankrupt.

All we look for now from the three bishops who stand as authority where this nun works and lives to come out with a statement condemning the actions of the nun and urge the Vatican, as part of their visitation, pay a call on the Sinsinawa Domincans. It is nonsense to pretend that this religious and her order are acting in accord with our Church.

I have read in this site how the religious womwn have done so much for the Church and are being kept in place by the male heirarchy of the Church. Indeed, there are an overwhelming number of religious who work in service according to the church AND their order. But with more and more stories about these religious who seem to be unaware of what the church stands for, the church must put itself in a position to instruct and correct those orders to come back under it's wing.

Donna Quinn's actions are the fruit of the "spirit" of Vatican II and it's "rationale" and "thinking". By the fruits you will know the tree, right?

Quinn said in a Nov. 3 statement that she would suspend her clinic activities. "I want to be clear that this is my decision," Prideful to the end.
The only real question that should be asked at this point since it is readily apparent that this poor soul either does not understand her faith or has rationalized it into oblivion is how long did her order know about these activities? In fact how long did she "escort" other poor souls to the clinics
and if this was done publicly as it sounds that it was why did not her community seek to intervene, if only for the sake of charity? Here is hopeing that she finds the faith of her youth soon and that humility enters her heart.

Apparently, ministering to the suffering (even the suffering sinner, which should cover most of us) is no longer allowed. Too unseemly, I guess.

I think this visitation will help women in orders like this who don't like what the leadership is doing to finally have a voice and have some changes made without being isolated by their "leadership team."

At worst, Quinn's actions were downright wrong.

At best, they were misguided.

On the other hand, to take her as an example justifying the so-called "visitation" is flawed logic at best --- and mean spirited at worst!

I think the Dominicans took the right action. I hope Quinn can help women with problem/unwanted pregnancies in some other way.

So abortion is never covered under the Justice heading. After all the only justice issues are war and peace, not the murder of millions. However, when a nun who acted as an accomplice to genocide is reprimanded, the reprimand becomes a "justice issue"?

If only there was such swift and certain reaction to the clergy who abused children for centuries..... Every one of them committed acts worse than murder.

Joseph Jag -

You often make a great deal of sense to me. Please help me understand why you say, "on the other hand, to take her as an example justifying the so-called "visitation" is flawed logic at best --- and mean spirited at worst!"

How is the logic flawed? And how is this mean-spirited?

Jean