GUAM
Pacific Daily News
Updated: Nov 15, 2016
By Jason Salas
Prior to today’s press conference given by the Archdiocese of Agana, another one was held – by an unlikely individual who, by the nature of her work, has spent a majority of her life shielded from the public.
But the mother superior of the Carmelite nuns in Guam is speaking out sharing her story about the Redemptoris Mater Seminar property in Yona. Mother Superior Dawn Marie is the last Carmelite standing in Guam. “The move to go to California was a very difficult one,” she admitted to island media.
One month after celebrating their 50th anniversary locally, in June all the remaining Carmelite nuns that were living here in a large house in Tamuning left, except for their mother superior. She cited the ongoing controversies in the local church as some of the reasons for their departure, saying conditions were, as she said, “Pretty toxic environment for the nuns to live in.”
In a rare press conference, Mother Dawn talked to local media to share her side of the story relating to the RMS property in Yona. You see, after years of speculation about who was the mystery $2 million benefactor that allowed for the archdiocese’s acquisition of the RMS property.
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