Some ideas can only be put forward by certain people. For instance, if I walked into my local church and said ' Hey Father, I've got an idea! Why don't you organise an online beauty pageant for nuns to give them more visibility within the Catholic Church and to fight their dour image?' I would be carted off to the funny farm as quick as the men with the nets could drag me. ' Hang on! Wait a minute! What's this? An Italian priest, Rev. Antonio Rungi has suggested that very thing.
The "Miss Sister 2008" contest will start in September on a blog run by the Rev. Antonio Rungi and will give nuns from around the world a chance to showcase their work and their image. Rungi said, 'Nuns are a bit marginalised in ecclesiastical life.'
Rungi, a theologian and schoolteacher from Naples, Italy said, visitors to his site will have a month to 'vote for their favourite nun.' Nuns will fill out a profile including information about their life and vocation as well as a photograph. Rungi said, 'We are not going to parade nuns in bathing suits,' (I think that's a mistake) 'But being ugly is not a requirement for becoming a nun. (Really?) External beauty is gift from God, and we mustn't hide it.' So, who is it a gift from if you look like s**t, and should they be hidden?
I can't wait for "Miss Sister 2008," can you?
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