The Woodstock Nun

Sister Susanne Bunn is seen here flashing the Peace Sign in a screenshot from the film Woodstock. Fifty years ago this month Sister Susanne of the Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart along with two other nuns were asked to go down to Bethel New York in Sullivan County to check out the upcoming Woodstock Music and Art Fair a few days before the opening day. 

According to an interview with the Archdiocese of Baltimore Catholic Review Sister Susanne said that flashing the Peace Sign "was just how I greeted people, speaking their language”.

Sister Susanne also said that someone seeing the happy nun at Woodstock one might infer that if the faith connection is possible in such an apparently unlikely context, “then it has to be connected in my life.”

Sister Susanne Bunn (Photo: Kevin J. Parks)

Today, Sister Susanne is recently retired from directing religious education programs at two churches. One was at Prince of Peace Church in Edgewood Maryland and the other was at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Joppa Maryland.

…As the scripture says, “How wonderful is the coming of messengers who bring good news!” (Romans 10:15)

Peace, Love and Light!
Kevin (Cloud)

(Updated 08/17/2019)

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