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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The good Benedictine sisters at Mt St Scholastica disagree with Butker’s remarks.

https://www.mountosb.org/

[quote] The sisters of Mount St. Scholastica do not believe that Harrison Butker’s comments in his 2024 Benedictine College commencement address represent the Catholic, Benedictine, liberal arts college that our founders envisioned and in which we have been so invested.

Instead of promoting unity in our church, our nation, and the world, his comments seem to have fostered division. One of our concerns was the assertion that being a homemaker is the highest calling for a woman. We sisters have dedicated our lives to God and God’s people, including the many women whom we have taught and influenced during the past 160 years. These women have made a tremendous difference in the world in their roles as wives and mothers and through their God-given gifts in leadership, scholarship, and their careers.

Our community has taught young women and men not just how to be “homemakers” in a limited sense, but rather how to make a Gospel-centered, compassionate home within themselves where they can welcome others as Christ, empowering them to be the best versions of themselves. We reject a narrow definition of what it means to be Catholic. We are faithful members of the Catholic Church who embrace and promote the values of the Gospel, St. Benedict, and Vatican II and the teachings of Pope Francis.

We want to be known as an inclusive, welcoming community, embracing Benedictine values that have endured for more than 1500 years and have spread through every continent and nation. We believe those values are the core of Benedictine College. 
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Thank you sisters for speaking out to protect our religious faith from Zealots!

I love it’s the nuns who will stand strong against powerful men who try to bogart our religion for monetary and political gain.[/quote]

You'd certainly expect nuns to understand that a woman's highest calling is not necessarily being a homemaker, even as a matter of Catholic theology.[/quote]

Yes.

I’d expect all Catholics to understand that.[/quote]

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