3/15/2023 0 Comments Conspire 2015![]() ![]() “That then gives hands and feet the power to do what they need to do.” I help break down food – ideas, justice, struggles – to liberate energy,” she said. When it comes to her role in the body of Christ, she’s clear about her part: She’s stomach acid. In April, the Vatican removed the censure, powerfully affirming the roles of the Catholic sisters because of how they carry out their ministries, noting a “deep hunger” for the spiritual nourishment they provide. “How do people feel loved enough to let go?” “As the 100 percent, we need signs and signals that bring us together, not divide us,” she said, but added that we must have compassion for those who cling to that symbol. She sees that in the aftermath of Charleston, S.C., and the swift removal of the Confederate flag from public and commercial life. There’s some common ground there, and that’s why she said the hunger for the 100 percent is getting stronger. “It was all about relationship,” she said. ![]() His reply: Locally based relationships of trust. Last month in Davenport, Iowa, she listened to a banker who was asked to define the core of what the business community offers. The crying need of our time is to pull that in,” Campbell said. Some of that listening has been with CEOs in the so-called 1 percent, because “where my heart is breaking is with the income and wealth disparity in our nation. ![]() Much of that deep listening took place on the bus tour, which is being made into a documentary. “Our country needs to be for the 100 percent,” Campbell wrote in her book, “A Nun on the Bus.” It means listening to everyone, including people we don’t like to hear, like white supremacists, the ultra-rich, terrorists or politicians. ![]() She’s not being mystical when she speaks about the whisper of God. … But the harder part – I refer to it as deep listening – we listen deeply for the whisper of God among us.” “For some years, I thought contemplation was that practice of turning inward of silence, and that was where it happened,” she said from Washington, D.C. Catholicism’s other rock star – Franciscan priest Richard Rohr, who leads CAC and who recently appeared on Oprah’s “Super Soul Sunday” – invited her to Albuquerque after meeting her in 2012.Ĭampbell said she used to think those were separate compartments – activism and contemplation – but both serve her when she speaks on Capitol Hill or at business roundtables across the country. “What is required is both that deep reflective space, but paying attention to ambiguity.” Her poem “Loaves and Fish” can be found at /q3lnwnu, and other writings can be found in the CAC journal, Oneing, at cac.org.Ĭoming up July 10-12, she will be in New Mexico for the Conspire 2015 conference, an interfaith gathering hosted by the Center for Action and Contemplation. During Lent, Campbell returned to writing poetry, which was not easy because of her public life.Richard Rohr of the Center for Action and Contemplation the brave one in his emphasis on saying Christian prayer is contemplative. Some would call Campbell courageous for her activism, but she finds the Rev.While in Albuquerque, Sister Simone Campbell will make a point to go to La Placita in Old Town, where her family would stop on road trips on the way from California to Colorado on many a vacation. ![]()
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