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Maxirad
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No offense, but why is the late Jean Donovan often identified as a nun when she technically wasn’t one?
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edward_george
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Because “nun” is a colloquial shorthand for any religious sister, even ones who aren’t technically cloistered nuns. She was a Maryknoll Sister, and so was a vowed religious.
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Latias
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I was attracted to this thread by her name.
May she be recognized as a martyr who lived out her faith.
May she be recognized as a martyr who lived out her faith.
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Marie5890
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From the page, she wasn’t even a professed sister.
She was a lay-missionary.
Your question is valid
She was a lay-missionary.
Your question is valid
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Marie5890
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That is not how I read the page.
She was trained in the lay missionary program at Maryknoll, but was not a religious sister. In fact, she had a boyfriend.
uscatholic.org/culture/war-and-peace/2010/12/even-unto-death-martyrdom-jean-donovan
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1ke
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By whom?
You don’t say who has misidentified her, so it is difficult to give you any meaningful response.
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7_Sorrows
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Maybe the media?
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Irishmom2
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Well, in the link you provided, nowhere is she referred to as a nun…
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edward_george
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My mistake.
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