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Title: 6 Ark. nuns excommunicated for heresy
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URL Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070926 ... t=AmTiy763g84dzoK_Gus04UNH2ocA
Published: Sep 26, 2007
Author: By ANDREW DeMILLO, Associated Press
Post Date: 2007-09-26 22:56:48 by Zipporah
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6 Ark. nuns excommunicated for heresy By ANDREW DeMILLO, Associated Press WriterWed Sep 26, 7:44 PM ET Six Catholic nuns have been excommunicated for heresy after refusing to give up membership in a Canadian sect whose founder claims to be the reincarnation of the Virgin Mary, the Diocese of Little Rock announced Wednesday. The Rev. J. Gaston Hebert, the diocese administrator, said he notified the nuns of the decision Tuesday night after they refused to recant the teachings of the Community of the Lady of All Nations, also known as the Army of Mary. The Vatican has declared all members of the Army of Mary excommunicated. Hebert said the excommunication was the first in the diocese's 165-year history. "It is a painfully historic moment for this church," Hebert said. The six nuns are associated with the Good Shepherd Monastery of Our Lady of Charity and Refuge in Hot Springs. Sister Mary Theresa Dionne, one of the nuns excommunicated, said the nuns will still live at the convent property, which they own. "We are at peace and we know that for us we are doing the right thing," the 82-year-old nun said. "We pray that the church will open their eyes before it is too late. This is God's work through Mary, the blessed mother, and we're doing what we're asked to do." At a news conference, Hebert said the nuns "became entranced and deluded with a doctrine that is heretical." He said church officials removed the sacraments from the monastery on Tuesday night. Hebert said the sect's members believe that its founder, Marie Paule Giguere, is the reincarnation of the Virgin Mary and that God speaks directly through her. Excommunication bars the nuns from participating in the church liturgy and receiving communion or other sacraments. The diocese said the action was taken after the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a declaration that the Army of Mary's teachings were heretical and automatically excommunicated any who embraced the doctrine. Hebert said the diocese had known for years that the nuns were following the sect and said church officials in the past had encouraged them to come back into the fold. According to the Catholic News Service, the Army of Mary was founded in Quebec in 1971 by Giguere, who said she was receiving visions from God. Dionne said she does not know if Giguere is the reincarnation of the Virgin Mary, but said she believes God communicates through the sect's founder. "She is doing only what God and Mary tells her to do," Dionne said. Calls made to a spokesman for the Army of Mary in Quebec were answered by a fax machine tone.
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#1. To: Zipporah (#0)
All Jesuit Temporal Coadjutors interested in joining the cyber division of the Army of Mary should put their names on the sign up sheet that will be made available at next Monday's meeting. We are currently forming a troll attack squad that will convert members of certain internet sites to Goddess/Mary worship. The work is difficult as it involves communicating complex concepts to psychotic lunkheads from Ohio and other weird places. But if you think you have what it takes, we will be glad to have you.
Bunch of internet bums ... grand jury --- opium den ! ~ byeltsin
According to "Sylvie Payeur-Raynauld, a former Catholic nun and a close aide of Giguere", Giguere has never claimed to be the reincarnation of The Blessed Virgin. But, all the mainstream press hatchet jobs say "...Marie-Paule Giguère, an 86-year-old mystic who claims to be a reincarnation of the Virgin Mary." So, as in America the Canadian presstitutes are dutiful when it comes time to vilify someone. I'm betting that Marie-Paule Giguère has never made the claim but her followers believe it to be true, and rather than explain that and make The Church® appear heavy handed, they simply obscure that little detail because it then makes her appear kooky and will justify the excommunication in the minds of the "masses" no pun intended. Or, perhaps because she doesn't correct those who believe it, that is the same as claiming it herself to those who want her to disavow the belief. I wonder why no one asked her if she believes it and then to disavow it publicly to head off this removal of the sacraments. Hmmm....
Oh yeah...your authority regarding the validity of this claim is well established. Remind me to ping you first before I think.
"Come, let's play a part in the fulfillment of all this glory and duty. I wish for a bright future for all human beings and the dawn of the liberation of and freedom for all humans, and the rule of love and affection all around the world, as well as the elimination of oppression, hatred, and violence, a wish which I expect will be realized in the near future. -- MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD
Stranger things have happened.
"Come, let's play a part in the fulfillment of all this glory and duty. I wish for a bright future for all human beings and the dawn of the liberation of and freedom for all humans, and the rule of love and affection all around the world, as well as the elimination of oppression, hatred, and violence, a wish which I expect will be realized in the near future. -- MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD
I'll sign up for the Deviled eggs.
"It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brush fires of freedom in the minds of men." -- Samuel Adams (1722-1803)‡
Army of Mary
#2. To: Zipporah (#0)
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#3. To: Minerva (#1)
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#5. To: Minerva (#1)
All Jesuit Temporal Coadjutors interested in joining the cyber division of the Army of Mary should put their names on the sign up sheet that will be made available at next Monday's meeting.
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