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this wored ofourSmwstbe a sparkof igut,a Cenevvi8ing o.eove,a eaven amidst his  eeowmen . mxers  \nC  \nSISTERS TODAY  \n# TO EXPLORE THE ROLE OF THE RELIGIOUS WOMANIN THE CHURCH IN OUR TIME\n\nFEBRUARY 1968 VOLUME 39NUMBER 6  \nA Laywoman Looks at Sisters Today 263Mrs.Eldon Herrig  \nA Priest Looks at Sisters Tomorrow 272John McCall  \nSisters and Pope Paul's Year of Faith 280Sister Bertrande Meyers,D.C.  \nHow is the Secular Holy?289John Carmody,S.J.  \nFriendship with Christ 298Sister M.Louise Follmar,F.S.P.A.  \nBulletin Board 303  \nPoem 307  \nLetters to the Editor 308  \nBook Reviews 309  \nPublished monthly by monks of Saint John's Abbey,Collegeville,Minnesota.Editor:Father Daniel Durken,O.S.B.Book Review Editor:Father MyronKasprick,O.S.B.Cover Design:Sister Mary Charles McGough,O.S.B.,Collegeof Saint Scholastica,Duluth,Minnesota.Indexed in the Catholic PeriodicalIndex.  \nAddress all correspondence to Sisters Today,Saint John's Abbey,Collegeville,Minnesota,56321.(Checks payable to Sisters Today.)All manuscripts shouldbe accompanied by a self-addressed envelope and postage.Poetry will notbe accepted until further notice.  \n1 year $4.00;2 years $7.00;single copy 35 cents.All subscriptions arepayable in United States currency or check or International Money Order.Please allow six weeks to two months for the filling of a subscription.  \nPrinted by Sentinel Publishing Company,Hiway 10 South,Sauk Rapids,Minnesota.(Do not send mail to this address.)Second Class postage paidat Saint Cloud,Minnesota.  \nA Laywoman Looks at Sisters Today  \nMRS.ELDON HERRIG  \nWhen I first started to think seriously about this topic,I began tounderstand why the Protestant minister in our interfaith study cluboften reacts as he does.We'll ask him a question like,\"Rev.Hey-dinger,how do Protestants feel about infant baptism?\"and he'll say,\"For me to tell you how all Protestants feel would be impossible.For me to even tell you how Presbyterians feel,would be nearlyimpossible.So I'll try to tell you how Dick Heydinger feels about it.\"  \nFor me to even attempt to tell you what all laywomen thinkof the changing Sister today would be impossible.I′m going to tryto tell you how Marge Herrig feels.And insofar as my opinionshave been colored and influenced by the many women I've talkedto on this subject,I will be giving you their feelings.  \n\"Come and see!\"These were the words our Lord used whenhis disciples first asked him to tell them about himself.Later,whenPhilip was being scorned by Nathaniel for following this Christ,heechoed the very same words,\"Come and see.\"He didn't say,\"Letme explain.Let me tell you about this Christ.\"He knew at thistime that his words would only fall on deaf ears.He knew thisbecause it is nearly impossible to tell anyone about Christ and havethem come to know him until they have first met Christ.  \nAnd so when I am asked what I think of the changing Sister,my answer is,\"Three cheers.I think she's great!”I 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