Curtiss, that is so sad. I know that too many religious sisters are not exactly the most loyal Catholics, but to encourage your wife to leave you is a grave matter and seriously bad advice.
I met a religious sister today at a greenhouse where I work sometimes, I had to smile within myself to think that this sister would probably not appreciate my desire to be in full communion with our Roman Catholic church, the magisterium, the Catechism. I wear a chapel veil and I believe that obedience is a virtue and not a weakness. She was’t wearing a habit, but had an unusual cross penadant and the Holy Spirit told me it was her Order’s symbol – Redemptorists, I believe she said.
I didn’t go into it with and asked her to let me carry something for her as a corporal act of mercy. She smiled – partly in humor and also because I had out-humbled her. I guess that is a lack of humility afterall.
Curtiss, I am very sorry for your circumstance will remember in my prayers.