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Mollie Rogers (Mother Mary Joseph), founder of the Maryknoll Sisters, d 10/9 1955. The seeds of her vocation came as a student at Smith—her regret that there was no Catholic counterpart to Protestant mission organizations. At that time America was itself a mission field.
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Later with other women she joined to assist Fr James Walsh and Thomas Price who were founding the @MaryknollFrsBrs. But she wondered why there should not be an order of women in mission—not just supporting the priests but engaging in direct evangelization.
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Tho he had once pursued worldly pleasures, now the master had endowed a monastery on his estate and the holy monks praised his piety. If he had his way, he said, he might renounce his wealth to become a wandering pilgrim—but for his love for the peasants. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg: Ukraine plot shows Trump now a 'domestic enemy' to the U.S. msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari/… via @msnbc
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Journalist Penny Lernoux died 30 years ago, Oct 9 1999. During the 1970s she courageously documented two related stories in Latin America: the spread of fascist dictatorships and the transformation of the Catholic Church in response to the Cry of the People (her book title).
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She died at 49 one month after being diagnosed with cancer. At the time she was writing a history of the Maryknoll Srs. (Having been inspired by her work to the path that led me to @OrbisBooks I was proud, after her death, to help complete her final book.) Dying, she wrote:
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“I feel like I’m walking down a new path. It’s not physical fear...rather a sense of helplessness—that I who always wanted to be the champion of the poor am just as helpless—that I must hold out my begging bowl; that I must learn the ultimate powerlessness of Christ...
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Because the Tsar might arrive at any time, the master deployed a team of peasant lads to mow the lawn in continuous shifts. He himself oversaw the work. Inside, refreshing carafes of his signature water were on immediate display.—#TolstoysTalesofTrump
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Happy birthday, Oct 8, to @RevJJackson. Looking forward to your new book @orbisbooks in January. “The struggle for freedom is a long distance race.”
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Almost every week the master’s servants would gather to cheer him on as he displayed his signature on yet another beautiful letter to the Tsar—mostly extolling the health benefits of his special pond water. “Surely this time he will reply!” they would say. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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So often had the master's staff praised his stable genius and knowledge of words that he proposed to the University that they should grant him an honor or invite him to teach. The dean replied that unfortunately the position of stable master was occupied. --#TolstoysTalesofTrump
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Forty years ago today (10/7 1979) Mercy Sister Theresa Kane, president of the LCWR, greeted Pope John Paul II during his visit to the US and asked him to "include women in all ministries of the church." Her biography @Orbisbooks coming this fall.
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"I urge you, Your Holiness, to be open to and respond to the voices coming from the women of this country who are desirous of serving in and through the church as fully participating members." bit.ly/2Vk7qR3
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