Considering the contributions that religious women have made to the development of the Catholic Church in the United States, it is somewhat surprising how little is known of those contributions. In an effort to provide a picture of those contributions an exhibit entitiled "Women and Spirit, Catholic Sisters in America" traveled across the country these past several years. It is available on DVD from www.womenandspirit.com.
More recently, KQED Plus aired a progam, Question of Habit, that contrasted to depiction of Catholic nuns in contemporary culture with the lives of actual women religious, both historical and current. Needless to say, our current cultural depictions have little to do with the reality of the lives and work that these women have done and continue to do.
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