{"id":4247,"date":"2010-03-31T21:15:50","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T21:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/03\/what-would-they-say.html"},"modified":"2010-03-31T21:15:50","modified_gmt":"2010-03-31T21:15:50","slug":"what-would-they-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/03\/what-would-they-say.html","title":{"rendered":"What would they say?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Years ago, an old friend who is a Sister of St. Joseph sent me a greeting card with this image on the front.  I always liked it.  &#8220;Women of Peace,&#8221; it was called: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eileen_Egan\">Eileen Egan<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/catholicworker.com\/ddaybio.htm\">Dorothy Day<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ewtn.com\/MotherTeresa\/index.htm\">Mother Teresa<\/a>, from 1979.<\/p>\n<p>My friend Paul Snatchko posted it on his Facebook page tonight with the question, &#8220;What would Dorothy and Teresa say this week?&#8221;  Good question.  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