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- noun Plural form of
churchwoman .
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It also specifically names all nine American nuns who were martyred in the last thirty years, including the four churchwomen in El Salvador and Dorothy Stang.
American nuns begin to receive the recognition they deserve « Planning the Day 2009
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St. Thomas More could not say "yes" to the king's actions in Renaissance England; Archbishop Oscar Romero, the American churchwomen and Jesuit priests could not leave the poor with whom they worked in El Salvador in the 1980s; the Trappist monks in Algeria could not desert a poor and oppressed village that had come to depend upon them.
Rev. James Martin, S.J.: The Best Movie On Faith I Have Ever Seen S.J. Rev. James Martin 2011
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Along with Romero and the four churchwomen, the Jesuits continue to inspire in large point because they did not have to be there.
“We feel we have to keep reminding ourselves of that generosity” « Planning the Day 2009
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St. Thomas More could not say "yes" to the king's actions in Renaissance England; Archbishop Oscar Romero, the American churchwomen and Jesuit priests could not leave the poor with whom they worked in El Salvador in the 1980s; the Trappist monks in Algeria could not desert a poor and oppressed village that had come to depend upon them.
Rev. James Martin, S.J.: The Best Movie On Faith I Have Ever Seen S.J. Rev. James Martin 2011
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Sister Carol Keehan, president and CEO of the Catholic Health Association, and Sister Simone Campbell, president of NETWORK, a social-justice lobby of Catholic churchwomen, knew that Stupak's fellow Catholics in Congress "needed assurance," Campbell said.
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That agreement, along with the public backing of the Catholic churchwomen, gave anti-abortion Democrats political cover and pushed the bill over the top.
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Sister Carol Keehan, president and CEO of the Catholic Health Association, and Sister Simone Campbell, president of NETWORK, a social-justice lobby of Catholic churchwomen, knew that Stupak's fellow Catholics in Congress "needed assurance," Campbell said.
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That agreement, along with the public backing of the Catholic churchwomen, gave anti-abortion Democrats political cover and pushed the bill over the top.
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Comprised mostly of conservative clergymen and some churchwomen, SCLC remains in an intentional time warp.
Irene Monroe: Will Rev. Bernice King's Bully Pulpit at SCLC Bash Gays? 2009
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Previously, the families of four United States churchwomen who were raped and murdered by members of the Salvadoran National Guard in 1980 unsuccessfully brought a suit against Generals García and Casanova.
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