Can someone show me that Sister Simone Campbell is a real nun?

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   Mmargie1966posted 11 years ago

   Can someone show me that Sister Simone Campbell is a real nun?
   
   I can't seem to find that information...I don't know if I'm missing something, but I just wanted to find out more about her personally.

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   SassySue1963posted 11 years ago

   Hi Mmargie, Great question. I am still researching but, this information does seem to indicate that she isn't really a nun as I would consider it to mean.
   http://ignatiansolidarity.net/iftj/simone-campbell/

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      Mmargie1966posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you SassySue.  This kind of bio is what was confusing me.  What is a "Sister of Social Justice"?  I thought all Nuns were committed to social justice and serving the community.

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      SidKempposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Catholic monks & nuns have had 2 branches for at least 900 years, those who are dedicated to service & those who are dedicated to meditation and prayer (cloistered). Service work creates compassionate contact with suffering people, so social

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   SidKempposted 11 years ago

   Here is what I can find. Sister Simone Campbell, SSS is a member of the Sisters of Social Service (www.SistersOfSocialService.com). This order presents itself as a vowed order following Benedictine Catholic rule. Vowed women are Catholic, and take the traditional vows of chastity, celibacy, and obedience "within the communal spirit of St. Benedict." The order was founded in response to a groundbreaking social letter of Pope Leo XIII in 1908, and responded to Vatican II by deepening its charism, that is, it's spiritual foundation, and by growing the scope of its global service.
   
   One member of the Order of Sisters of Social Service was beatified in 2006 by Pope John Paul II after her martyrdom while protecting the Jews of Hungary during World War II. Beatification is a step on the path to sainthood, authorized by the Pope and the Holy See (the Vatican). So, clearly the Vatican recognizes the SSS as an order of the Catholic Church.
   
   Orders of the Catholic Church may be cloistered (isolated from society) or not. Those who are not cloistered may be called "secular institutes" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secular_institute) and the S.S.S.  might fall into this category, as it operates in the world and performs social service. However, in all respects, it is an order of nuns who observe chastity, poverty, and obedience, and follow a traditional Catholic rule (the Benedictine), and are a part of the Catholic Church. The SSS is found on a list of Catholic religious institutes at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_so … atholic%29 .

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      SidKempposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Summary: Sr. Simone Campbell is as much a Catholic nun as St. Francis was a Catholic monk - and about as controversial. If she wasn't, the Council of Bishops would have said so by now!

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      Mmargie1966posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      WOW!  Great job, Sid!
      Thank you for sharing!

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      SassySue1963posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks Sid. I was trying to research NETWORK, and it kept using references I was not familiar with at all, though it did not seem like a Nun int he traditional sense to me. I am not Catholic so was not aware of the secular part of that.

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   JThomp42posted 11 years ago

   Sister Simone Campbell is a Catholic nun and liberal activist who has earned a lot of media coverage this year for criticizing the Paul Ryan budget while riding around the country on a bus.
   
   http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/cat … 51775.html

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      Mmargie1966posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks, JT.  I knew that part, already, but couldn't find where she was an actual Nun.  Thanks for your input.

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      JThomp42posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      YVW

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   Mmargie1966posted 11 years ago

   I still want to see with my own eyes where she was when she became a Catholic Nun.  Or proof that the Catholic Church or Council of Bishops has accepted her as a Catholic Nun.
   
   I also thought it quite unusual that the SSS have no Bible scriptures, and anyone can join.

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