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by Spooky23 588 days ago
The principal of my son’s former school was a Sister of St Joseph, and a huge HN fan.

More amazing was how creative the sisters were in managing themselves with technology. Many decisions are made by votes, done in real time globally! Religious people get short shrift.

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Reminds me of the monks in the third season of Babylon 5. Who says you can't both be an IT person and a cleric?
Given their history as archivers it seems like a natural complement, really
And scientists. Gregor Mendel comes to mind.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_Mendel

Lay preacher here. There are dozens of us, dozens!
That episode with the reformed murderer was especially hard...what a brilliant show