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Bishop Barron on Mother Alfred and the Need for Women Religious

Bishop Robert Barron

Friends, if you’re looking for a feminist hero with remarkable courage, faith, perseverance, and sheer moxie, look no further than Mother Alfred Moes, without whom we would have no Mayo Clinic.

Somehow the last three generations of women have tended to see religious life as unworthy of their consideration. The number of nuns has plummeted since the Second Vatican Council, and most Catholics, when asked about this, would probably say that being a religious sister is just not a viable prospect in our feminist age. Nonsense!

Praise the Lord

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