Jesuits are my fave like philosophically, but since there are no women Jesuits, I’ve gotta say that monk or nun, I’ve never known a shitty Benedictine
my mom rolled deep with the monks of Mount Angel Abbey and every one of those old dudes was a bro
The Jesuits I grew up with were all communists who drove motorcycles - aging South American liberation theologists. It's a shame they've mostly died off.
This feels extremely Jesuit to me. I have a deep, unshakeable affection for the Jebbies but they are known for being gigantic self-important a-holes. There can only ever be one smartest person in the room at any given moment, and Jesuits reserve that spot for themselves, in every circumstance.
I’m a Jesuit fan, but the Sisters are the unsung heroes of Catholic clergy. Smart, rad af, just plugging away, doing the work below the radar every day.
Like all Catholic kids, we made jokes about the Sisters Of No Mercy. But as I grew up in my Catholic education, and ditched the irrational aspects of my authority complex, I came to appreciate just how amazing they were, and how lucky I was to be educated by them.
I’m lucky that I went to a Jesuit high school so I learned the Bible from the moderate contextualist view of a fallible-human-made text of its era instead of the infallible Word Of God that the other Catholics love so much.
My very not-Catholic uncle liked this joke:
A Jesuit and a Benedictine were debating which of their Orders was superior. The Jesuit praised the spiritual battles fought by his brethren across the world; while the Benedictine spoke warmly of the cloistered life, regulated by vows. 1/3
Might as well be "look, we know he's a tradcath, Tridentine or otherwise, and that Kansas City's bishop lets people get up to a lot of heretical shit, so we're snitching because we don't want this."
As Sr. Chittister wrote: ""The moment a woman comes home to herself, the moment she knows that she has become a person of influence, an artist of her life, a sculptor of her universe, a person with rights and responsibilities who is respected and recognized, the resurrection of the world begins."
If nuns are going to stand up for women's rights, I will support those nuns. If nuns are going to stand up against a medieval interpretation of things interpretable, I will support those nuns. 👍
