CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) — An aspiring nun who was told she couldn’t enter a convent until her student loan debt was paid off has used an online appeal to get the money.
Alida Taylor, 28, was accepted to join the Sisters of Life in New York City in September.
The Clifton, New Jersey, woman started a GoFundMe page late last month, hoping to get $12,000 to pay down her student loans. She surpassed her goal Thursday, raising more than $22,000.
In an update on the crowdfunding page, Taylor said the extra money will be used for – MORE
If there are morons out there stupid enough to hand over their hard earned $$$ to stupid people who put themselves in debt for useless degrees that is their business…..as long as I don’t have to cover any of this insanity with my hard earned dollars.
Hillary’s already talked about forgiving student loan debt after she’s elected, ICYDK.
Of course once she gets the youth vote sewed up, anything could be forgotten later.
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I remember when I wuz young and stupid, but I swear I never stupid enough to vote for something as obviously corrupt as this manipulative, foul, nasty, cold, calculating, carpet-wearing, carpet-bagging thing! The Phony just drips off of her. The Bitch leaves a trail like a slimy snail that even a bobble-headed Liberal Lemming in lock-step with STUPID should be able to see!!
@Rat Fink: You left out “carpet-munching”.
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I don’t believe she will ever work in her chosen field of study!
“After graduating from college in 2010 with a degree in fashion”
Are you shitting me? Where’s all the classes on religion, social services, humanity, etc? She admitted that in the “sainthood” that they make no salary and only receive a paltry few cents. Remember the nun who got caught shoplifting recently? Then the nun got rewarded greatly for her dirty deeds. A degree in fashion huh? Is she going to redesign that burka that she’ll be wearing 24/7? What a scam!
I wonder, is she a typical mind of mush, or did racking up such a debt for an almost worth-less degree finally bring her to her senses, and she decided to chuck it all and join a convent?
Fashion design and theater costuming design is a legitimate field of study. Historical perspective, garment construction and creativity are essential.
Consider enjoying a period play or movie and sensing being in that time period. The actors and play/movie could hardly be believable if they all wore jeans and t-shirts in say, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Garments just don’t appear on the rack for the actors. Authentic clothing/costume construction isn’t for dummies.
For a short period of time I worked, in the Midwest (repertoire theater) with a renown costume designer who left her career in off-Broadway plays. She was/is a brilliant woman of extremely good character.
p.s. You all might not remember Delores Hart, but she made the same journey as the young wannabe nun. Delores Hart is an actress whose career started to soar in the ’60s. She established an order and the convent offers respite to name personalities along with others. Her book is _The Ear of the Heart_.
https://www.amazon.com/Ear-Heart-Actress-Journey-Hollywood/dp/1586177478
“Dolores Hart stunned Hollywood in 1963, when after ten highly successful feature films, she chose to enter a contemplative monastery. Now, fifty years later, Mother Dolores gives this fascinating account of her life, with co-author and life-long friend, Richard DeNeut.
Dolores was a bright and beautiful college student when she made her film debut with Elvis Presley in Paramount’s 1957 Loving You. She acted in nine more movies with other big stars such as Montgomery Clift, Anthony Quinn and Myrna Loy. She also gave a Tony-nominated performance in the Broadway play The Pleasure of His Company and appeared in two television shows, including The Virginian. A new chapter in her life occurred while playing Saint Clare in the movie Francis of Assisi, which was filmed on location in Italy.
Born Dolores Hicks to a complicated and colorful Chicago family, Mother Hart has traveled a charmed yet challenging road in her journey toward God, serenity and, yes, love. She entered the Abbey of Regina Laudis in Bethlehem, Conn., at the peak of her career, not in order to leave the glamorous world of acting she had dreamed of since childhood, but in order to answer a mysterious summons she heard with the “ear of the heart”. While contracted for another film and engaged to be married, she gave up everything to become a bride of Christ. Lavishly illustrated with 64 pages of photos.
“Listen and attend with the ear of your heart.”
Saint Benedict
“Mother Dolores Hart is a remarkable woman with a remarkable story-one of love, devotion and faith.”
–Maria Shriver, bestselling author of Just Who Will You Be?
“Read now for some lively insights from the girl who kissed Elvis in the movies to the Mother Superior who gets the last laugh in real life.”
–Paula Prentiss, actress
“I have been privileged to be in the presence of this extraordinary woman, Mother Dolores. And now with her book, The Ear of the Heart, those of us who wondered why she chose such a path in life will discover the answer lies in the journey. This is a courageous adventure. It is a thriller.”
–Richard Benjamin, actor and director
“Read this fascinating story to learn how what seems like running away’, is in reality running to’ Love.”
–Maria Cooper Janis, daughter of Gary Cooper
“Mother Dolores Hart’s life story is one of the most amazing I’ve ever read. It’s as if she has taken you by the hand and invited you to join her on the most incredible ride. Pulling back the curtains on both Hollywood and the Cloister with no holds barred, she tells it like it is.’ This is a real page-turner of an adventure filled with unexpected twists and turns, laughs and tears, highs and lows. And in the end, truly uplifting.
–Dan Goggin, Creator of the “Nunsense” Musicals
“Mother Dolores Hart’s prose is a reflection of the inner beauty she has always possessed. A fascinating read… and read again!”
–Robert Evans, Film Producer
“The Ear of the Heart, like Dolores Hart herself, is Hollywood on the surface, but tough and deeply spiritual on the inside. It is the story of a remarkable woman, Dolores Hart, who guided by her inner goodness, sense of community, mission, and faith, rose to become a star of the silver screen, transformational prioress of the cloistered Benedictine abbey of Regina Laudis, and national spokesperson for the neuropathy association. It is an American biblical story for the modern age, and a good read to boot.”
–Dr. Norman Latov Director, Peripheral Neuropathy Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York”