Sister Jeannine Gramick is co-founder of the gay-pandering New Ways Ministry. They call themselves "catholic" although they were disavowed by previous DC prelates. They favor sodomy and the mockery of the Sacrament of Matrimony. In 2000 both the Vatican and her own order (School Sisters of Notre Dame) ordered her to silence. She thumbed her nose at them and kept right on yapping. Both she and her dissident bunch are located in Prince George's County, MD.
Father Thomas Reese, SJ, likewise favors "gay rights". He was an editor for the "America" Jesuit rag. That publication was so egregious that when Pope Benedict XVI ascended to the papal throne, one of his first acts was to oust Reese from his position. At present, he is a columnist for America and the other dissident rag, National Catholic Reporter. He currently lives in DC, maybe Georgetown.
So what, besides being two dissident religious who make jokes of their vows and who reside in the MD/DC area, do these two have in common? Why, they are both being lauded by the Catholic Standard for celebrating their 60th anniversaries! They are listed on pages 22 and 23 of the February 17th paper edition. I could not find it online (if someone else can find it, please post the link in the comment section).
If these two had spent those 60 years in actual service to the Church, looking to their own eternal salvation and those of others, it would be appropriate to celebrate their milestones in a Catholic newspaper. But they've done just the opposite. They've undermined Catholic teaching to the eternal detriment of souls, and to date, they are unrepentant. Not one word of the flamboyant dissidence of either one is so much as mentioned. Just what did the editorial staff of the Catholic Standard think they were accomplishing? Well, it turns out that Gramick is best buds, or "pen pals", with the pope. And both Reese and the pope are Jesuits. Hmmm...
