GOOD NEWS.Three orders of nuns that were founded in Kentucky in the early 1800s have apologized for their predecessors' use of slave labor. The Dominican Sisters of St. Catharine, the Sisters of Loretto Not to be confused with Sisters of Loreto. Sisters of Loretto or the Loretto Community is a Catholic religious institution, which, according to their mission statement, "strive[s] to bring the healing Spirit of God into our world" and is committed "to improving the , and the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth The Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth was founded in 1812 near Bardstown, Kentucky when three young women responded to Bishop David's call for assistance in ministering to the needs of the people of the area. made a public apology for their communities' role in perpetuating slavery at a reconciliation service in Bardstown, Kentucky in December. "We come to ask for an outpouring of the warm waters of forgiveness," Sister Joan Scanlon, O.P. told African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. parishioners. Later that month, Cardinal William Keeler Keel´er n. 1. One employed in managing a Newcastle keel; - called also keelman ltname>. 2. A small or shallow tub; esp., one used for holding materials for calking ships, or one used for washing dishes, etc. of Baltimore also asked for forgiveness for the church's legacy of slavery and segregation as part of the Jubilee Year. |
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