online beauty pageant for nuns ???

Don'tLikeStinkingThinking · 08-25-2008, 02:59 PM

updated 4:00 p.m. ET, Sun., Aug. 24, 2008
ROME - An Italian priest and theologian said Sunday he is organizing an online beauty pageant for nuns to give them more visibility within the Catholic Church and to fight the stereotype that they are all old and dour.

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.

"Nuns are a bit excluded, they are a bit marginalized in ecclesiastical life," Rungi told The Associated Press after Italian media carried reports of the idea. "This will be an occasion to make their contribution more visible."

Rungi, a theologian and schoolteacher from the Naples area, said that visitors to his site will have a month to "vote for the nun they consider a model."

Nuns will fill out a profile including information about their life and vocation as well as a photograph. It will be up to them to choose whether to pose with the traditional veil or with their heads uncovered.

"We are not going to parade nuns in bathing suits," Rungi said by telephone from his town of Mondragone. "But being ugly is not a requirement for becoming a nun. External beauty is gift from God, and we mustn't hide it."

Rungi said the idea was first suggested to him by nuns with whom he regularly prays and works. He hopes there will be dozens of submissions once the Web site is started.

The contest drew criticism from the association of Catholic teachers.

"It's an initiative that belittles the role of nuns who have dedicated themselves to God," the group's president, Alberto Giannino, told Italy's ANSA news agency on Sunday.

Does this belittle the Nuns or just make them more appealing for the priest? OR???? What say you?

**essex boy** · 08-25-2008, 03:14 PM

Whatever next,XFactor for Nuns singing songs like the Soundof Music LOL
The Pope's view would be very interesting.

sybarite · 08-25-2008, 04:59 PM

Nonsense, banning the swimsuit competition??? They should be able to walk down the runway in thong bikini's to Rod Stewart's "Do You Think I'm Sexy." Actually we should be thankful there's a heterosexual priest in this world.

Don'tLikeStinkingThinking · 08-25-2008, 05:07 PM

LMAO....Sybarite it could be a freaking cover *hehehe!*

Don'tLikeStinkingThinking · 08-25-2008, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by essex boy

Whatever next,XFactor for Nuns singing songs like the Soundof Music LOL
The Pope's view would be very interesting.

Essex, does the poop get the obligitory 'upskirt' view?

sexysadie · 08-25-2008, 06:07 PM

I'm not sure what to think of this one..lol. I suppose they can do whatever it is they see fit.....as long as it doesnt' become 'habit'..lmbo...sorry. on a more serious note..I was under the impression that nuns wore those long black gowns and covered their hair and so on, because they believe that vanity is a sin. You know, modesty and all that. If they're made to parade around in competition with one another, wouldn't that contradict the purpose?

sybarite · 08-25-2008, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by sexysadie

I'm not sure what to think of this one..lol. I suppose they can do whatever it is they see fit.....as long as it doesnt' become 'habit'..lmbo...sorry. on a more serious note..I was under the impression that nuns wore those long black gowns and covered their hair and so on, because they believe that vanity is a sin. You know, modesty and all that. If they're made to parade around in competition with one another, wouldn't that contradict the purpose?

O.k. On a more serious note, this Priest needs to take his Bible, blow the dust off of it, and actually study it, then he would know what God says about this.

Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, But a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised (Proverbs 31:30).

As a ring of gold in a swine’s snout, So is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion (Proverbs 11:22).

Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids. (Proverbs 6:25).

Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches, feed me with food convenient for me. (Proverbs 30:8).

indianajoe · 08-27-2008, 11:32 AM

UPDATE ! ! ! ! !
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Pageant for nuns canceled
His intention was to show the nuns' interior beauty, priest's blog says
MSNBC News Services
updated 11:14 a.m. ET, Tues., Aug. 26, 2008
ROME - An Italian priest, who had planned an online "pageant" for nuns, has suspended the project, saying he was misinterpreted and had no intention of putting sisters on a beauty catwalk.

"My superiors were not happy. The local bishop was not happy, but they did not understand me either," Father Antonio Rungi told Reuters by telephone from his convent in southern Italy on Tuesday.

"It was not at all my intention to put nuns on the catwalk," said Rungi, a priest of the Passionists religious order, speaking from his convent in the town of Mondragone.

Miss Sister 2008
Rungi's idea appeared in newspapers around the world after he wrote of a contest for nuns on his blog, called by some "Sister Italy 2008." The contest would have started in September.

"It was interpreted as more of a physical thing. Now, no-one is saying that nuns can't be beautiful, but I was thinking about something more complete," he said.

Rungi said the idea was first suggested to him by nuns with whom he regularly prays and works. He hoped there would be dozens of submissions once the Web site started.

His concept for the contest, in which nuns would have a month to vote for themselves on his blog, would include attributes such as their spirituality, social awareness, charity and other qualities, Rungi said. Nuns would fill out a profile including information about their life and vocation as well as a photograph. It would be up to them to choose whether to pose with the traditional veil or with their heads uncovered.

"We are not going to parade nuns in bathing suits," Rungi said. "But being ugly is not a requirement for becoming a nun. External beauty is gift from God, and we mustn't hide it."

A nun's "interior beauty"
Rungi, a theologian and schoolteacher from the Naples area, wrote in his blog that his intention was to show "the interior beauty" of a nun and the work she does for the Church and for society, mostly in education and health care.

"We have to draw more attention to the world of nuns, who are often not sufficiently appreciated by society," he wrote, adding that he had hoped his initiative would help boost sagging vocations to religious lie.

"Many monasteries in Italy are dying because of a lack of religious vocations," he wrote.

Rungi said he received a lot of calls of support but also many sharp emails by people who attacked him for wanting to create a Miss Italy-style event.

"Some of them were really nasty," he said.

The contest also drew criticism from the association of Catholic teachers.

"It's an initiative that belittles the role of nuns who have dedicated themselves to God," the group's president, Alberto Giannino, told Italy's ANSA news agency on Sunday.

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**essex boy** · 08-27-2008, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by sybarite

O.k. On a more serious note, this Priest needs to take his Bible, blow the dust off of it, and actually study it, then he would know what God says about this.

Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids. (Proverbs 6:25).

Lucky it's not neither let her take thee with her boobs or I'd be going to hell for sure

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Don'tLikeStinkingThinking Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,998	online beauty pageant for nuns ??? updated 4:00 p.m. ET, Sun., Aug. 24, 2008 ROME - An Italian priest and theologian said Sunday he is organizing an online beauty pageant for nuns to give them more visibility within the Catholic Church and to fight the stereotype that they are all old and dour. 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. "Nuns are a bit excluded, they are a bit marginalized in ecclesiastical life," Rungi told The Associated Press after Italian media carried reports of the idea. "This will be an occasion to make their contribution more visible." Rungi, a theologian and schoolteacher from the Naples area, said that visitors to his site will have a month to "vote for the nun they consider a model." Nuns will fill out a profile including information about their life and vocation as well as a photograph. It will be up to them to choose whether to pose with the traditional veil or with their heads uncovered. "We are not going to parade nuns in bathing suits," Rungi said by telephone from his town of Mondragone. "But being ugly is not a requirement for becoming a nun. External beauty is gift from God, and we mustn't hide it." Rungi said the idea was first suggested to him by nuns with whom he regularly prays and works. He hopes there will be dozens of submissions once the Web site is started. The contest drew criticism from the association of Catholic teachers. "It's an initiative that belittles the role of nuns who have dedicated themselves to God," the group's president, Alberto Giannino, told Italy's ANSA news agency on Sunday. Does this belittle the Nuns or just make them more appealing for the priest? OR???? What say you?

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Don'tLikeStinkingThinking Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,998	LMAO....Sybarite it could be a freaking cover hehehe!

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sexysadie Jokaroo Enthusiast Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In my little corner of the world! Posts: 35,163	I'm not sure what to think of this one..lol. I suppose they can do whatever it is they see fit.....as long as it doesnt' become 'habit'..lmbo...sorry. on a more serious note..I was under the impression that nuns wore those long black gowns and covered their hair and so on, because they believe that vanity is a sin. You know, modesty and all that. If they're made to parade around in competition with one another, wouldn't that contradict the purpose?

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indianajoe Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 16,213	UPDATE ! ! ! ! ! MSNBC.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pageant for nuns canceled His intention was to show the nuns' interior beauty, priest's blog says MSNBC News Services updated 11:14 a.m. ET, Tues., Aug. 26, 2008 ROME - An Italian priest, who had planned an online "pageant" for nuns, has suspended the project, saying he was misinterpreted and had no intention of putting sisters on a beauty catwalk. "My superiors were not happy. The local bishop was not happy, but they did not understand me either," Father Antonio Rungi told Reuters by telephone from his convent in southern Italy on Tuesday. "It was not at all my intention to put nuns on the catwalk," said Rungi, a priest of the Passionists religious order, speaking from his convent in the town of Mondragone. Miss Sister 2008 Rungi's idea appeared in newspapers around the world after he wrote of a contest for nuns on his blog, called by some "Sister Italy 2008." The contest would have started in September. "It was interpreted as more of a physical thing. Now, no-one is saying that nuns can't be beautiful, but I was thinking about something more complete," he said. Rungi said the idea was first suggested to him by nuns with whom he regularly prays and works. He hoped there would be dozens of submissions once the Web site started. His concept for the contest, in which nuns would have a month to vote for themselves on his blog, would include attributes such as their spirituality, social awareness, charity and other qualities, Rungi said. Nuns would fill out a profile including information about their life and vocation as well as a photograph. It would be up to them to choose whether to pose with the traditional veil or with their heads uncovered. "We are not going to parade nuns in bathing suits," Rungi said. "But being ugly is not a requirement for becoming a nun. External beauty is gift from God, and we mustn't hide it." A nun's "interior beauty" Rungi, a theologian and schoolteacher from the Naples area, wrote in his blog that his intention was to show "the interior beauty" of a nun and the work she does for the Church and for society, mostly in education and health care. "We have to draw more attention to the world of nuns, who are often not sufficiently appreciated by society," he wrote, adding that he had hoped his initiative would help boost sagging vocations to religious lie. "Many monasteries in Italy are dying because of a lack of religious vocations," he wrote. Rungi said he received a lot of calls of support but also many sharp emails by people who attacked him for wanting to create a Miss Italy-style event. "Some of them were really nasty," he said. The contest also drew criticism from the association of Catholic teachers. "It's an initiative that belittles the role of nuns who have dedicated themselves to God," the group's president, Alberto Giannino, told Italy's ANSA news agency on Sunday. Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. URL: Pageant for nuns canceled - Faith - MSNBC.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MSN Privacy . Legal © 2008 MSNBC.com