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Word: colliton (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bishop's contention that secular judges had no business ruling on a purely ecclesiastical dispute, declaring that it was a civil matter with no bearing on doctrine. The supreme court remanded the case to a county superior court for a hearing to begin next month. Insists Sister Catherine Colliton: "The bottom line is the contract. The bishop is the employer, and I'm the employee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Nun vs. the Archbishop | 3/21/1983 | See Source »

...turmoil at Sacred Heart began Jan. 28, when Principal Honora Reardon and three fellow Sisters of Mercy, Catherine Colliton, Justine Colliton and Mary Rita Furlong, were presented with dismissal notices from the school superintendent of the diocese of Manchester. Without providing specifics, the memorandums maintained that the nuns had displayed unacceptable "cliquishness" and "lack of cooperation" with the parish priests and staff, that their contracts would not be renewed, and that they should consider resigning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: No Mercy for the Sisters | 9/27/1982 | See Source »

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