Underplayed Gems

Band of Sisters (2012)

Band of Sisters poster
Directed by
Mary Fishman
Genre
documentary
Runtime
1h 28m
Elsewhere
IMDb
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This documentary follows Catholic nuns in the United States from the 1960s through 2010. It shows how they embraced changes from the Second Vatican Council and started social justice work, like running farms and housing projects. The film also covers disagreements the nuns had with church authorities about women's roles and religious life.

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What happens

Band of Sisters is a 2012 documentary by director Mary Fishman that tells the story of U.S. women religious from the Second Vatican Council to 2010. The documentary claims that, more than most other Catholic organizations, U.S. women religious followed the "spirit" and "letter" of the church council, heeding its call to renewal and involving themselves with systemic change inside and outside the convent. Among the activities chronicled are the Santuario Sisterfarm (Boerne, Texas), Genesis Farm (Caldwell, New Jersey), CORE/El Centro in Milwaukee (Wisconsin), Mercy Housing, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, and the Center for Earth Jurisprudence at Barry University. The film includes a discussion of the conflict between U.S. women religious and the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith over questions regarding the sisters' positions on women's ordination, obedience, and religious life in general. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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