Notre-Dame de Paris (Charles Desvergues)
Notre-Dame de Paris (Charles Desvergues)
“Si je n’y suis [en la grâce de Dieu], Dieu m’y mette; et, si j’y suis, Dieu m’y tienne! Je serais le plus dolente de monde si je savais ne pas être en la grâce de Dieu”
— Jeanne d’Arc

Today’s Feast Days

21 February

George of Amastris
(c. 825)
Bishop
Peter Damian
(1007–1072)
Cardinal Bishop, Reformer
Robert Southwell
(1561–1595)
Hymnographer, Martyr, Missionary, Priest

While I can see . . . others might be offended, the sisters do not meet the criteria the church has for denying Communion. Over-accessorizing and poor taste in makeup is not an excommunicable offense.

James T. Bretzke, SJ, STD (1952– )

Professor of Moral Theology, University of San Francisco

Commenting on a controversy involving two members of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence—San Francisco Chronicle (16 October 2007)