NUNS

Quote of the Day:  March 15, 2010



"For Catholics before Vatican II, the land of the free was pre-emimently the land of Sister Says - except, of course, for Sister, for whom it was the land of Father Says."



Wilfred Sheed, Frank and Maisie: A Memoir with Parents, 1985 - I find this a great quote for table talk - for us pre-Vatican II Catholics. One can still spot on TV every once in a while the old movie, "The Bells of St. Mary's" [1945]. Bing Crosby as Father Chuck O'Malley has to deal with the incumbent superior of St. Mary's parish convent and school, Sister Mary Benedict played by Ingrid Bergman. She might give Wilfred pause before making his quote a second time. Great stuff for Catholics over 60. "The Bells of St. Mary's" is the sequel to the 1944 movie, "Going My Way." In this earlier movie, Father Chuck O'Malley doesn't have to deal with nuns - but his pastor, Father Fitzgibbon, played by Barry Fitzgerald - as well as two earlier romantic interests, Genevieve and Carol.