Sister Kelly describes her journey from birth to her decision to enter the convent and details her 58 years in the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary before she came to the difficult and painful decision to leave. Her choice was based on her desire to continue to minister to the poor and homeless at Plowshares Community Dining Room in Ukiah, Calif., which she founded in 1983, rather than retire to a comfortable life at the Sisters of the Presentation Mother House in San Francisco.
Sister Kelly describes her journey from birth to her decision to enter the convent and details her 58 years in the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary before she came to the difficult and painful decision to leave. Her choice was based on her desire to continue to minister to the poor and homeless at Plowshares Community Dining Room in Ukiah, Calif., which she founded in 1983, rather than retire to a comfortable life at the Sisters of the Presentation Mother House in San Francisco.
Taught to Believe the Unbelievable tells the story of how Sister Jane Kelly contested Church leaders' efforts to shield the sexual and fiscal misconduct of its priests. Rather than collude in the cover-up, she went to the press, at great risk to her reputation and her relationship to the Church she had served for fifty-five years. When newspaper headlines at last broke the news, Sister Jane's role in her community was changed forever. Sister Jane's courageous actions, recounted here, reveal how this crisis of faith ultimately became an opportunity to revitalize the Church's most fundamental spiritual teachings. In Taught to Believe the Unbelievable, her amazing story reminds every reader, regardless of their faith, that the call of one's own heart and conscience supersedes all externally imposed authority.
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