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Victory Noll Sisters Beaty, Betty and Clarita attended the Annual Assembly of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) in Dallas, Texas from August 10-13. The theme of the Assembly was “Hope in the Midst of Darkness, Exploring the Ecclesial Role of Women Religious.”
About 750 were in attendance. Highlights of their time together included two keynote addresses that both affirmed and challenged the Women Religious. Shawn Copeland’s talk was entitled, “Radical Openness, Suffering, and the Grace of Hope.” Copeland stated, that in her view, Religious Life is not collapsing; it is a life deeply inserted in the world, a life lived for others.
In the second keynote, “Contemporary Religious Life’s Creative Fidelity to the Vision of Vatican II,” Richard Gaillardetz drew the conclusion that the cry of the poor finds its voice in the Church through Religious Women. He pointed out that the experience of Women Religious as frontline advocates for the poor was behind their support of the recent health care bill. Gaillardetz further commented, that in supporting the passage of the bill, these Women Religious were in agreement with the Catholic Bishops concerning doctrine and differed only on the interpretations of complex legislative language in regard to whether the bill provided adequate protections against federal funding of abortions or not.
The Sisters joined in a Public Prayer Witness in opposition to the death penalty. Victory Noll Sisters have a corporate commitment against the death penalty. Of the 52 executions in the United States in 2009, there were 24 that took place in Texas, down from 37 that occurred in 1999. Moreover, only nine Texas death sentences were given in 2009 down from as many as 48 in the late 1990’s. Although we can be encouraged in one way by these statistics, we cannot rest until the death penalty in this country is completely abolished. The U.S. Bishops tell us, “The antidote to violence is love, not more violence.”
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Our Lady of Victory Missonary Sisters is an American Missionary Congregation founded in 1922 — serving the poor and oppressed in a personal, non-institutional way
+ Proclaiming the Gospel + Working for Justice + Empowering the Laity
We want to minister to the culturally diverse Catholic population of this country, proclaiming Jesus Christ through evangelization, education and/or Christian formation. We would like to offer a solid Catholic teaching and ministries that speak to the needs of the faith communities, empowering the Laity, dedicating our prayer and ministry to the proclamation of God's Kingdom.
That is why we have become part of a network of religious communities collaborating to assist home mission dioceses in their efforts to develop lay leadership and ministry. This is an initiative of the Home Missions Leadership Conference and the Congar Institute for Ministry Development. READ MORE
