Regina Bechtle SC, two centuries after New York became a large suffragan diocese of Baltimore, recounts its history (link broken)—which, as in diocese everywhere, is inseparable from stories of its women religious. Looking for what was really going on, she finds the faith-meaning underneath the sisters’ social and ecclesial achievements. Regina is Charism Resource Director for the Sisters of Charity of New York.
Published on: July 23, 2009
FOX TV The news that the Vatican is now making official inquiries into Catholic nuns in America and whether they are adhering to church doctrine obscures a very important history about nuns in this country.