Nun Beauty Pageant Of Sorts

[DameAgnes]

Hmmmm...

[url="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080824/od_afp/italyreligionwomenoffbeat_080824142531"]http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080824/od_af...at_080824142531[/url]

I understand what they're trying to do, here...they're trying to promote the religious life and show that not all nuns are 90 years old...but to me this seems like the wrong tactic. Well-meaning it may be, but it trivializes something profound.

[the lords sheep]

Odd....

[LilyofSaintMaria]

Ooookaaay . . . .

[Roseoftherese]

I guess it's a nice idea.

[dominicansoul]

Same thread was in Open Mic. Last post says this was cancelled, and the priest was threatened! Crazy stuff!

[Mari Therese]

Kinda weird. I undertsand that he's trying to promote vocations. God calls who He wants, and He will always find a way to offer the invitation.

[RosaMystica]

I guess the priest has good intentions but the idea is a bit out there and I do agree that it trivializes something profound. I think he should've thought that one through a bit more!

[tnavarro61]

Hey, this news has reached the Philippines and one of the newspapers categorized it as a "weird news".

[Totus Tuus]

I agree with most of you - bad idea with possibly good intentions.

[Domine ut Videam]

that's just odd....

[Thomist-in-Training]

Version 2.0! Don't know if anyone will scroll this far down in the thread... but if you do, "Ask Sister Mary Martha" is having a Nun Non Photo Contest. I.e., send in photos of nuns you respect, either in action doing good work, or just being cool. Prize is yet to be determined, same for the deadline.

[url="http://asksistermarymartha.blogspot.com/2008/08/big-brother-and-also-big-sister-and-big.html"]http://asksistermarymartha.blogspot.com/20...er-and-big.html[/url]

[Jennifer]

Quote in The Sunday Times today :-

"The world's first beauty pageant for nuns has been cancelled after the organiser,an Italian priest claimed it's purpose has been "misinterpreted"
Apparently Father Antonio Rungi had become alarmed at the wave of hostile comments his plan had elicited. One critic told him that he would end up in hell."

It appears that commonsense has prevailed.!!