by Jo Piazza
Innerst, Carol. “A Nun in Any Clothes Is Still a Nun.” The Philadelphia Bulletin, August 8, 1971, page 29.
Peddicord, Richard. Gay & Lesbian Rights: A Question: Sexual Ethics or Social Justice? Franklin, WI: Sheed & Ward, 1996.
Chapter 4
Buder, Sister Madonna, and Karin Evans. The Grace to Race: The Wisdom and Inspiration of the 80-Year-Old World Champion Triathlete Known as the Iron Nun. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2010.
Chapter 5
“Fighting Trafficking.” America, Podcast, October 28, 2013, americamagazine.org/media/podcasts/fighting-trafficking.
Chapter 6
Roose, Kevin. “Nuns Who Won’t Stop Nudging.” The New York Times, November 11, 2011, page BU1.
Chapter 7
Ortiz, Dianna, and Patricia Davis. The Blindfold’s Eyes: My Journey from Torture to Truth. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2004.
Smyth, Frank. “The Nun Who Knew Too Much.” The Washington Post, May 12, 1996.
Chapter 8
Morrow, Carol Ann. “Helping Children of Imprisoned Moms.” St. Anthony Messenger, May 2008.
Chapter 9
Fiedler, Maureen. “Bad Habits? Two Surprise Vatican Investigations of U.S. Nuns May Be Attempts to Root Out—Gasp!—Feminist Beliefs.” Ms., Fall 2009, msmagazine.com/Fall2009/badhabits.asp.
———. Breaking Through the Stained Glass Ceiling: Women Religious Leaders in Their Own Words. New York: Seabury, 2010.
———. “New Twists in the Vatican Investigation of American Nuns.” The Huffington Post, January 14, 2011, huffingtonpost.com/maureen-fiedler/new-twists-in-the-vatican_b_807496.html.
Chapter 10
Brachear, Manya A. “A Nun’s Long Battle in the War Over Abortion: Sister Donna Quinn Believes in a Woman’s Right to Choose. Now, the Vatican May Weigh in About Her Crusade.” Los Angeles Times, November 15, 2009, articles.latimes.com/2009/nov/15/news/adna-prochoice-nun15.
——— “Nun Decides to Suspend Activism for Abortion Rights After a Rebuke by Her Order.” The Chicago Tribune, November 4, 2009, articles.chicagotribune.com/2009-11-04/news/0911030573.
Acknowledgments
There were plenty of people who didn’t understand why I would want to write an entire book about Catholic nuns. Thankfully, there were also plenty of people who did.
Thank you to Jane Friedman, Tina Pohlman, Rachel Chou, and Libby Jordan for thinking there was a spark of a book in my obsession with badass nuns.
Thank you to Victor Balta at Current TV and Nikki Waller, Aaron Rutkoff, and Carrie Melago at the Wall Street Journal for always being willing to indulge me in just one more story about a nun doing something I thought was interesting.
This is the second time that Megan Hustad has helped me turn a manuscript into something people would actually want to read. Without her, I swear, I wouldn’t know where commas go.
Thank you to Rachel Sklar, Glynnis MacNicol, and the ladies of TheLi.st for being so supportive, championing strong women every single day and helping me realize that there truly is a place on everyone’s bookshelf for these stories. Without Glynnis, I never would have considered naming this book Forgive Me, Reverend Mother, for I Have Sinned. Even though it didn’t become the title, it was delightful to think about.
Thank you to all of the women religious who work tirelessly at the margins of society, who never ask for credit or acknowledgment. None of the women in this book approached me, and I had to compel most of them to tell their stories. They are humble and brave. They deserve our thanks and recognition.
And finally, thank you to Lady and the Bear for making it possible for me to work, laugh, live, love, write books, and remain a halfway-sane human being throughout it all.
About the Author
Jo Piazza is the author of the acclaimed Celebrity, Inc.: How Famous People Make Money and a novel, Love Rehab. She is a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal and her work has appeared in the New York Times, New York magazine, Glamour, Gotham, the Daily Beast, and Slate. She has also appeared as a commentator on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and NPR.
Piazza holds an undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania, a masters in journalism from Columbia University, and a masters in religious studies from New York University. She lives in New York City with her giant dog.
All rights reserved, including without limitation the right to reproduce this book or any portion thereof in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of the publisher.
Unless otherwise noted, all Bible quotes are from the New American Standard Bible.
Copyright © 2014 by Jo Piazza
Cover design by Mauricio Díaz
978-1-4532-8764-4
Published in 2014 by Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
345 Hudson Street
New York, NY 10014
www.openroadmedia.com
EBOOKS BY JO PIAZZA
FROM OPEN ROAD MEDIA
Available wherever ebooks are sold
Open Road Integrated Media is a digital publisher and multimedia content company. Open Road creates connections between authors and their audiences by marketing its ebooks through a new proprietary online platform, which uses premium video content and social media.
Videos, Archival Documents, and New Releases
Sign up for the Open Road Media newsletter and get news delivered straight to your inbox.
Sign up now at
www.openroadmedia.com/newsletters
FIND OUT MORE AT
WWW.OPENROADMEDIA.COM
FOLLOW US:
@openroadmedia and
Facebook.com/OpenRoadMedia
