{"id":5397,"date":"2006-01-17T14:05:45","date_gmt":"2006-01-17T14:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/01\/brown-joeys.html"},"modified":"2006-01-17T14:05:45","modified_gmt":"2006-01-17T14:05:45","slug":"brown-joeys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/01\/brown-joeys.html","title":{"rendered":"Brown Joeys"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sisters in Mother McKillop’s order celebrate:<\/a><\/p>\n

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IN Mount St, North Sydney, last Friday, at the headquarters of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart – the order formed by Mary McKillop in 1866 and otherwise known from the colour of the sisters’ habits as the Brown Joeys – 42 nuns celebrated the 50th anniversary of taking their vows.<\/span><\/p>\n

Imagine that: 42 women joining a single religious order in a single year and adhering for half a century to undertakings to be poor, chaste and obedient. <\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, the 42 began on January 6, 1956, as 48. Five have died. Only one left the order. In 2006 this also seems remarkable. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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