WISCONSIN
National Catholic Reporter
[Statement Directing Pastors and Rectors to Prohibit Individuals Associated with Wisdom’s
Well Interfaith Spirituality Center from Undertaking Activity at Parishes – Diocese of Madison]
by Joshua J. McElwee | Dec. 11, 2012
Madison, Wis., Bishop Robert Morlino has forbidden his diocese’s parishes and schools from using materials from an area interfaith spirituality center and banned the center’s staff members, including two Catholic sisters, from speaking at all diocesan events, according to a letter from the diocesan vicar general.
The blanket ban, first reported Tuesday by the Wisconsin State Journal, concerns Wisdom’s Well Interfaith Spirituality Center, which provides workshops and overnight retreats for people seeking spiritual direction.
Msgr. James Bartylla, Madison’s vicar general, states in a Nov. 27 letter to the diocese’s priests that even the center’s advertisements for centering prayer are no longer to be distributed on parish property. …
The letter specifically names four women in the ban, including Dominican Srs. Maureen McDonnell and Lynn Lisbeth, both members of the Sinsinawa Dominican Congregation, which is headquartered in Sinsinawa, Mich., about 90 miles southwest of Madison.
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