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Pair of nuns help Mo. police nab robbery suspect
Thu Aug 13, 6:25 pm ET
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. – Thou shalt not steal — especially within sight of a convent. Police in Independence, Mo., are crediting a pair of nuns with helping nab a gun-toting man suspected of burglarizing two homes Thursday morning.
Around 7 a.m., one of the women glanced out a window of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Eucharist convent and spotted a suspicious man walking through a soybean field. She and another nun headed outside to see if the man was lost or hunting illegally.
They saw the man was carrying a shotgun, boxing gloves and other items. When they began to question him, the man ran into nearby woods.
One of the nuns gave chase, wearing her ankle-length habit and flip-flops. He got away, but the 49-year-old nun was able to describe him later to police, who made an arrest.

H/T to Ironic Catholic.
Update: Another story about it, which clarifies that he'd dropped the gun by the time Sr. Catrina gave chase.
2 comments:
Complete Charism:
To be little and humble
in imitation of Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist
and to be loyal to the
Magisterium of the Catholic Church.
Also a strong daily prayer life, a distinctive religious habit, and they live in community with a superior. That's all I need - they go on the JimAroo approved list.
Just what I thought when I read it. And any community that gags at the "little and humble" part is off the list.
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