--- In [email protected], "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here's an interesting article: > > 6 Ark. nuns excommunicated for heresy By ANDREW DeMILLO, Associated > Press Writer > 2 hours, 16 minutes ago > > > > LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Six Catholic nuns have been excommunicated for > heresy after refusing to give up membership in a Canadian sect whose > founder claims to be the reincarnation of the Virgin Mary, the > Diocese of Little Rock announced Wednesday. > > The Rev. J. Gaston Hebert, the diocese administrator, said he > notified the nuns of the decision Tuesday night after they refused to > recant the teachings of the Community of the Lady of All Nations, > also known as the Army of Mary. > > The Vatican has declared all members of the Army of Mary > excommunicated. Hebert said the excommunication was the first in the > diocese's 165-year history. > > "It is a painfully historic moment for this church," Hebert said. > > The six nuns are associated with the Good Shepherd Monastery of Our > Lady of Charity and Refuge in Hot Springs. Sister Mary Theresa > Dionne, one of the nuns excommunicated, said the nuns will still live > at the convent property, which they own. > > "We are at peace and we know that for us we are doing the right > thing," the 82-year-old nun said. "We pray that the church will open > their eyes before it is too late. This is God's work through Mary, > the blessed mother, and we're doing what we're asked to do." > > At a news conference, Hebert said the nuns "became entranced and > deluded with a doctrine that is heretical." He said church officials > removed the sacraments from the monastery on Tuesday night. > > Hebert said the sect's members believe that its founder, Marie Paule > Giguere, is the reincarnation of the Virgin Mary and that God speaks > directly through her. > > Excommunication bars the nuns from participating in the church > liturgy and receiving communion or other sacraments. > > The diocese said the action was taken after the Congregation for the > Doctrine of the Faith issued a declaration that the Army of Mary's > teachings were heretical and automatically excommunicated any who > embraced the doctrine. > > Hebert said the diocese had known for years that the nuns were > following the sect and said church officials in the past had > encouraged them to come back into the fold. > > According to the Catholic News Service, the Army of Mary was founded > in Quebec in 1971 by Giguere, who said she was receiving visions from > God. > > Dionne said she does not know if Giguere is the reincarnation of the > Virgin Mary, but said she believes God communicates through the > sect's founder. > > "She is doing only what God and Mary tells her to do," Dionne said. > > Calls made to a spokesman for the Army of Mary in Quebec were > answered by a fax machine tone.
The Master known as Virgin Mary is currently not in incarnation. Nor is Brahmananda Saraswati. H.P. Blawatsky is. For more information, please see: http://www.shareintl.org
