Hello Vern,

>GO>One of the things that has remained the same is the morning
>GO>prayer over the PA by the chaplain.  Usually this is a woman.  I'm
>GO>puzzled. Since I would think that in a Catholic context chaplaincy
>GO>would include at least the possibility of hearing confessions and
>GO>administering last rites, and since these things require a priest
>GO>(at least absent extraordinary circumstances, which are highly
>GO>unlikely in a hospital founded and owned until recently by
>GO>Catholics), and since women can't be priests, how can women be
>GO>chaplains?  I am quite confused on this one.    :)

VH>Women cannot be ordained,

Sure they can.

VH>grant absolution (hear confessions),

Sure they can.

VH>annoint the sick

Sure they can.

VH>or say the mass.

Sure they can.

VH>However, they CAN perform many other functions --

Sure they can.

VH>particularly when priests are not available.

Sure they can.

The only thing they cannot do is pee while standing up.

--Lee


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