Catholic Daughters called to 'feminine genius' at convention

Published: 2004-07-28

TACOMA, Wash. (CNS) -- Invoking the words of Pope John Paul II, Archbishop Alex J. Brunett told the Catholic Daughters of the Americas July 22 that every woman's mission "is to recognize and live her vocation of feminine genius." The Seattle archbishop spoke at a Mass at St. Anne Church in Tacoma marking the installation of new officers for the Catholic Daughters, which describes itself as the oldest and largest organization of Catholic women in the Americas. Nearly 1,000 members, speakers and guests from 40 U.S. states, Guam and Puerto Rico attended the organization's 50th biennial convention July 18-23 in Tacoma. In her keynote address July 19, art auctioneer and motivational speaker Lorna Kelly described Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta as wearing "a crucifix like a gun in her waistband." She worked with the nun for nine years. Kelly outlined how her life had changed from "selling Picassos" to "wrapping up the dead and cleaning maggots out of their bodies" after she met Mother Teresa.

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