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Published on Thursday, February 14, 2008 by CommonDreams.org
A Valentine’s Day Tribute: The Things They Do for Love
by Olga Bonfiglio
Americans are largely unaware of the vastness and lethality of U.S. nuclear weapons stockpiles, say Sisters Ardeth Platte, Carol Gilbert and Jackie Hudson, the three nuns who did time in federal prison for breaking into the N-8 Minuteman missile site in October 2002.
Now that the sisters are all back from prison, they spent some time with me to explain how their religious commitment and civic duty led them to become activists for nuclear disarmament.
In 1978 after Sisters Ardeth and Carol first heard Helen Caldicott’s message on the dangers of nuclear weapons, they decided to work for the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign in Michigan, their home state. At the time, Michigan held the sixth largest cache of nuclear weapons in the country. The two sisters helped to organize a statewide ballot initiative for the Freeze in 1982, which passed at 56 percent.
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Sister Jackie began her activism against nuclear weapons after being inspired by Sister Marjorie Tuite (1922-86) who talked about the “burden of knowledge” that doesn’t allow a person to know what’s going on in the world and not do anything about it. This burden calls for a “revolutionary integrity” that challenges one’s morality and calls for a continued commitment of the gospel’s message of “doing justice.”
“You can educate others and you can act,” said Sister Jackie, 73, who served 30 months at the Victorville Federal Prison Adelanto, Ca. “This is not always easy because there are consequences. However, when the consequences come, there is something that happens within that is deepened.”
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A Valentine’s Day Tribute: The Things They Do for Love
by Olga Bonfiglio
Americans are largely unaware of the vastness and lethality of U.S. nuclear weapons stockpiles, say Sisters Ardeth Platte, Carol Gilbert and Jackie Hudson, the three nuns who did time in federal prison for breaking into the N-8 Minuteman missile site in October 2002.
Now that the sisters are all back from prison, they spent some time with me to explain how their religious commitment and civic duty led them to become activists for nuclear disarmament.
In 1978 after Sisters Ardeth and Carol first heard Helen Caldicott’s message on the dangers of nuclear weapons, they decided to work for the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign in Michigan, their home state. At the time, Michigan held the sixth largest cache of nuclear weapons in the country. The two sisters helped to organize a statewide ballot initiative for the Freeze in 1982, which passed at 56 percent.
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Sister Jackie began her activism against nuclear weapons after being inspired by Sister Marjorie Tuite (1922-86) who talked about the “burden of knowledge” that doesn’t allow a person to know what’s going on in the world and not do anything about it. This burden calls for a “revolutionary integrity” that challenges one’s morality and calls for a continued commitment of the gospel’s message of “doing justice.”
“You can educate others and you can act,” said Sister Jackie, 73, who served 30 months at the Victorville Federal Prison Adelanto, Ca. “This is not always easy because there are consequences. However, when the consequences come, there is something that happens within that is deepened.”
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