There seems to be Nun left

[quinner]

What ever happened to the part that Nuns played in social and healthcare?

[Vico2]

There is a shortage of nuns, not so many vocations these days. Mind you when the nuns rang the hospitals, they were spotless

[Napper Tandy]

There is a shortage of nuns, not so many vocations these days. Mind you when the nuns rang the hospitals, they were spotless

Well they did have an extensive laundry business..

[Vico2]

oops Napper, I didn't actually mean that, sorry I should have explained. I meant they kept the hospitals clean, you could see yourself in the shine om the floors

[joan mack]

When they ran Hospitals everything was great nurses rarely chatted and there were very few mistakes. The floors were highly polished and eevrything gleamed -

[Vico2]

Thanks Joan, that was the point I was trying to make only I didn't manage to do it

[quinner]

Thanks Joan, that was the point I was trying to make only I didn't manage to do it

Yes they certainly were kept spotless.

A little bit of history.....

When the Christians arrived in Rome they were just a small uninteresting group and were treated as a nuisance...But as happened in many Cities in those days there were outbreaks of Plagues and such like. and by the fact that they acted differently to the rest of the people who were on the whole Pagan, the Christians got noticed.
Instead of rushing out of the City and abandoning the sick and the dying they stayed and looked after those that were afflicted. Unlike the Pagans who did not believe in an after-life, the Christians believed that the more they suffered in this life the better the after-life would be for them. So by them staying and tending to the sick there were more lives saved.
Not being stupid people the Pagans saw the advantages of the Christians wisdom. The rest of course is history.

[Vico2]

Very true and very well summed up Q