The Silence We Keep: A Nun's View of the Catholic Priest Scandal (28 page)

1.
Jo Ann Kay McNamara,
Sisters in Arms: Catholic Nuns through Two Millennia
, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1996, p. 311.

2.
Ibid., p. 193.

3.
Elizabeth Abbott,
A History of Celibacy
, New York: Scribner’s, 2002, pp. 142-143.

4.
Ibid., p. 143.

5.
McNamara, p. 357.

6.
Ibid., p. 317.

7.
Beguine Spirituality
, edited by Fiona Bowie, translated by Oliver Davies (Spiritual Classics Series), New York: Crossroad, 1990, pp. 11-12.

8.
Ibid., p. 17.

9.
Ibid., p. 35.

10.
Julian of Norwich: Showings
, translated by Edmund College and James Walsh, New York: Paulist Press, 1978.

11.
Marguerite Porete,
A Mirror for Simple Souls
, translated by Charles Crawford (Spiritual Classics Series), New York, Crossroad, 1990.

12.
Ibid., p. 147.

6. Sisterhood Now

1.
Jo Ann Kay McNamara,
Sisters in Arms: Catholic Nuns through Two Millennia
, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1996, p. 626.

2.
Ibid., p. 636.

3.
Translation: “The Congregation of Holy Cross” and “Mother of Sorrows, pray for us.”

4.
Constitutions of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross
, Notre Dame, Ind.: Ave Maria Press, 1962, pp.
6-7.

5.
The Complete Works of Saint Teresa of Jesus
, volume I, translated by E. Allison Peers. “The Life of the Holy Mother Teresa of Jesus,” pp. 1-300.

6.
Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence
, edited by Rosemary Curb and Nancy Mananan, Tallahassee, Fla.: The Naiad Press, 1985.

7.
Ibid., p. 14.

8.
Ibid., p. 238.

9.
Ibid., p. 188-189.

10.
Ibid., p. 312.

11.
Sarah Lydall, “Irish Recall Sad Homes for ‘Fallen’ Women,”
New York Times
, November 28, 2002, p. A3.

12.
Elizabeth Abbott,
A History of Celibacy
, New York: Scribner’s, 2000, p. 389.

7. The Priesthood of the People

1.
Garry Wills,
Papal Sin: Structured of Deceit
, New York: Doubleday, 2000, p. 264.

2.
Ibid., p. 239.

3.
Thomas P. Doyle, “Conscientious Objections: Priest Calls on Brethren to Do the Right Thing,”
Boston Herald
, November 17, 2002, p. 23.

4.
New York Daily News
, August 20, 2002, pp. 20-21.

9. The Rebirth of Catholicism

1.
Alan Cooperman, “Catholics Question Gray Areas of Abuse,”
Washington Post
, November 30, 2002, p. A2.

2.
I Ching: Or, Book of Changes
, translated by Richard Wilhelm, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1981, p. 142.

3.
“Whistle-Blower Priest in Trouble with Diocese,”
ABC 7 News
, December 2, 2002.

4.
“Whistle-Blower Priest in Trouble with Diocese,”
ABC 7 News
online, December 2, 2002.

5.
I Ching, p.
97.

6.
Rainer Maria Rilke,
Letters to a Young Poet
, New York: Vintage Books, 1986, pp. 82-85.

7.
Paul Wilkes, “The Reformer: A Priest’s Battle for a More Open Church,”
The New Yorker
, September 2, 2002, p. 104.

8.
Michael Paulson, “Curb Imposed on Newton Parish,”
The Boston Globe
, December 5, 2002, p. Al.

9.
Etty Hillesum,
Letters from Westerbork
, New York: Pantheon Books, 1996, pp. 36, 37.

10.
I Ching, p. 257.

Afterword

1.
Rainer Maria Rilke,
Letters to a Young Poet
, New York: Vintage Books, 1986, pp. 34-35.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

KAROL JACKOWSKI, a nun since 1964, lives in New York City, where she is a member of the Sisters for Christian Community. She is the bestselling author of
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Jackowski, Karol.
The silence we keep: a nun’s view of the Catholic priest scandal /
Karol Jackowski.—1st ed.
p. cm.
1. Catholic Church—Clergy—Sexual behavior. 2. Monastic and
religious life of women.3. Catholic Church—Doctrines. I. Title.
BX1912.9.J36 2004
282-dc21 200301161

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