Comments for Oprah and the Dominicans at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 12 out of 12 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Tue, 21 May 2013 17:26:32 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/oprah-and-the-dominicans.html#comment-4087 Great article! For those who are fortunate enough to not watch television or having missed the Oprah show, I have the entire nuns episode on my website, The American Catholic. [Ed.'s note: Thanks, Mr. Edwards. The link is now embedded at the end of the column's second paragraph. -Brad Miner] - Tito Edwards Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:45:40 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/oprah-and-the-dominicans.html#comment-4086 it would seem that Someone, or His Mother, arranged that all other sisters asked to participate by Oprah's show would say no thank you! Thanks be to God (?) these lovely sisters made themselves available to be visited. - patricia Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:47:27 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/oprah-and-the-dominicans.html#comment-4085 The Dominican Sisters on Oprah were so refreshing. There is so much garbage on television that it was beautiful to see women who are living a life that has meaning and it is possible to live without stylish clothes and shoes, remain celibate because they are living out their vows to religious life and love for Christ and they are HAPPY. It was clear that Oprah was very puzzled. It showed on her face. - Judy Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:33:54 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/oprah-and-the-dominicans.html#comment-4084 I did watch the show and was amazed at how the sisters were not intimidated by the cameras nor by the questions- even those awkward questions that you mention in the article. On the contrary, they answered all the questions so convincingly and with such joy! They were beaming with excitement for Christ and for their vocation. God can work through anyone: Persian King Cyrus or Queen of TV Oprah! Millions watched and seeds were planted. Praise God! Thank you for this insightful article! - Marie-Therese Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:53:50 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/oprah-and-the-dominicans.html#comment-4083 thank you for the article I missed it, but heard about. I am so glad for nuns to be in public and show the truth about religious life. With 5 daughters I am always seeking ways for their exposure to the beauty of religious life. It is hard these days. Perhaps this show is an insight to Oprah's own search for the divine, but just a baby step. I always have hope for each person's soul. - Susie Lovato Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:41:28 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/oprah-and-the-dominicans.html#comment-4081 I am not really certain why the author of this article is critical of Oprah? Nor do I see why the commentators are critical? She is not a believer. Nor, does she claim to be. I thought the show was great because it showed exactly why "faithful" religious orders are so important: there very existence draws a responce from people. They makes us halt in our daily routines and question our opinions, our habits, our very existence. Which is my impression of what was happening during the show. - Paul Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:40:16 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/oprah-and-the-dominicans.html#comment-4082 gave up TV 17 yrs ago this Lent, so i missed the show. a friend taped it-i will see it later. 1 ? to all those who criticize these wonderful, joyful sisters: ever hear of conversions? even the rich CAN BE SAVED! how about praying something Traditional, a Rosary, the Fatima Ejaculation, the Mercy Chaplet for the graces that our Lord chose to bestow on Oprah & viewers to take root? why ALWAYS doubt what God can do with common DIRT? afterall, where do you come from? He can do ANYTHING! - debby Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:58:04 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/oprah-and-the-dominicans.html#comment-4080 I really enjoyed this one... wish I'd seen the episode. It's good to see the cloistered life getting some air time! - Wil Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:53:31 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/oprah-and-the-dominicans.html#comment-4079 After the show, the nuns gave Oprah a rosary. Her comment was to thank them and say, "no one ever gives me anything." She also asked them how to use it. (This was relayed through my nephew who attends one of these sisters' schools in Ave Maria, FL -- his teacher told him.) May God be praised! - Laura Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:28:09 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/oprah-and-the-dominicans.html#comment-4078 Not the nuns fault that they got roped into the Oprah snake pit, which has included the likes of rapists, porn queens, and other lowlifes. This is a woman with a vast influence on American mores who is the epitome of multiculturalism, pluralism, diversity and political correctness, acting as the chief arbiter of good taste in all manner of things, literature and right and wrong. As one of the sisters said, "Who's Oprah?" Exactly. As a neo-pagan, she has zero cred in the ranks of believers. - Joseph Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:27:41 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/oprah-and-the-dominicans.html#comment-4077 This is yet another example of what former Harvard Professor James Kugel called the loss of "a way of seeing." A great gulf between believers and materialists has been created; it is almost impassible even for people of great good will. - Ars Artium Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:49:11 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/oprah-and-the-dominicans.html#comment-4076 Thank you for bringing this incident to our attention. I cannot decide which nuns I support in this, the nuns who declined "the invitation of a lifetime" (? I have never seen her show) or the nuns who accepted. I have had a hard enough time over the last forty years explaining Catholicism to "Catholics", without even considering explaining it to one of the wealthiest women in the world. She might as well have had Amish or Mennonite women on the show. She would not understand them either. - William H. Phelan Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:28:54 +0100