Friday, February 03, 2006
URSULINE SISTER GABRIEL GRIMES CELEBRATES 100 YEARS
It's the kind of story that provides a blessed relief from the daily grind. It's coming out of Cincinnati, hotbed of dissent in the religious communities when the ESR Conference took place there. Yet this nun knows the source of contentment:
When asked what has contributed most to her longevity, Sister Gabriel is quick to give credit where it is due — to God — and her unwavering faith has inspired all who know her. "When I was a young Sister, she taught me to put everything in God’s hands," said Sister Elizabeth Lang. "I’ve always tried to live by her example."
The story of her arrival in America from Ireland to join the convent at the age of 14, and of contracting scarlet fever, thus having to spend six weeks in quarantine on Ellis Island, is touching. What courage that must have taken. Today we're afraid to send our 14-year-old girls to the store alone.
What a lot of changes this nun has seen in her lifetime!
