[Jacqueline Grennan Wexler] was president of Webster University and had fearlessly stood up a couple years earlier to the Catholic Church and cut the school's ties to it. What's more, she had taken vows about 20 years earlier to be a nun. But she cut those ties, too.
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Earlier, Webster honored the fiery woman known to many as "Sister J" — then, just Jacqueline or "J" — with an honorary degree.
Many alumni and nuns, most with silvery hair and some using walkers, came to honor the woman credited with the "great turning of Webster College" to a lay board 40 years ago.
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Webster President Richard Meyers said that under Wexler's direction, Webster became the first Catholic institution to cut ties to the church.
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Financial and theological challenges as well as social changes of the time paved the way to the break from the church in 1967.
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She still considers herself a Catholic, although she said she disagrees with many of the church's teachings, including its stance on abortion.
And if you wish to consider yourself supreme ruler of the universe, have at it...it seems to work for many delusional individuals, particularly those who have rejected the faith but can't seem to muster the courage to admit that they've truly left the Church. How sad!
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