Pope Francis is a Franciscan Jesuit (click here).
By Emily Sweeney
...Kathy Kottaridis, (click here) the executive director of Historic Boston Inc., said the monastery appears to be the oldest remaining purpose-built women’s monastery in New England. Many in the community want the building to be preserved.
“I’m glad they’re moving in that direction,” she said. “It has such an institutional presence right there, and it has an interesting history.”
Sister Clare Frances McAvoy, the abbess of the monastery, said although the demolition plans are “off the table,” the sisters are moving forward with their plans of vacating the property.
“We do need to move,” she said. “This building is too big. And it’s too expensive.”...
This really does seem wrong. Their income is not all that. I am sure there is a foundation somewhere that can smile on this monastery. Maybe modernize it and make it more livable. But, to allow them to simply move to a different place while their home is taken in as a historical building just doesn't seem right. I am glad the building is valued, but, it needs nuns in it to keep it alive.
