I spent a week last month at the Marie Joseph Spiritual Center in Biddeford Pool, Maine, on a directed retreat, speaking with one of the sisters for an hour each day but otherwise, remaining in silence most of the time.
At Marie Joseph, newspapers were available on a table near the entrance to the dining room but I wasn’t interested in news until I read “It’s time to end pattern of deceit and denial on clergy sex abuse cases,” a headline on the July 3-16 issue of the National Catholic Reporter.
http://www.gloucestertimes.com/opinion/insights-and-outbursts-the-catholic-church-s-unsung-heroes/article_ddab9266-6c19-5d7e-acb6-b1d05266a60e.html
