Missionary Syncretism Masquerading as Catholic Service

EWTN News reports on Sister Miriam Francis Perlewitz, an American religious who taught Scripture at Holy Spirit Major Seminary in Dhaka and co-founded the interfaith BACHA English Medium School. The article presents these activities as exemplary missionary work, emphasizing “interfaith harmony” and “inclusive education.” This narrative exemplifies the post-conciliar sect’s abandonment of the Church’s divine mission to “make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19) in favor of naturalistic humanitarianism.

Subversion of Priestly Formation

The article boasts that Sister Miriam “taught sacred Scripture at Holy Spirit Major Seminary for more than two decades,” forming priests who became bishops. This admission reveals multiple doctrinal violations:

“Creating a space where students could speak openly about hopes and desires was essential for both faith and transformation.”

This pedagogical method directly contradicts Pius X’s condemnation of Modernist education in Pascendi Dominici Gregis: “They would have the clergy adopt…new methods in teaching the faith” (§40). True priestly formation demands submission to immutable doctrine, not therapeutic “self-discovery.” The seminary itself operates under conciliar authority, rendering its ordinations doubtful at best given Paul VI’s invalidated rite.

Naturalization of the Supernatural Mission

Sister Miriam’s “Education for Life” curriculum emphasizes “self-esteem, anger management, and communication”—a purely psychological program bearing no relation to Catholic soteriology. Pius XI’s Quas Primas explicitly condemned such secularization: “When God and Jesus Christ are removed from laws and states…the foundations of authority are destroyed” (§30). The BACHA school’s explicit interfaith model compounds this apostasy:

“BACHA brings together Christian, Muslim, and Hindu children in the same classrooms — a quiet but powerful witness to interfaith harmony.”

This violates the Syllabus of Errors (Proposition 77) which condemns the idea that “the Catholic religion should not be held as the only religion of the State.” The claim that children “do not differentiate on the basis of religious background” is demonstrably false—Our Lord Himself said “He who is not with Me is against Me” (Matthew 12:30).

Modernist Anthropology Replaces Doctrine

The article’s central thesis—that missionary work consists of “faith lived from the margins” through secular education—inverts Catholic priorities. As Pius XII taught in Mystici Corporis Christi (§104), the Church’s primary work is “sanctifying souls,” not social programs. Sister Miriam’s reported statement that “the word ‘man’ was always inclusive” reveals the modernist heresy of universal salvation condemned by the Council of Florence (Session 11): “The Holy Roman Church…firmly believes, professes, and preaches that all those outside the Catholic Church…will go into the eternal fire.”

Linguistic Omissions as Theological Betrayal

Throughout the EWTN News report, critical Catholic terminology is conspicuously absent:

No mention of converting non-Catholics
Zero references to the Sacraments or Holy Mass
Omission of the necessity of baptism for salvation

This silence speaks louder than the article’s praise of “interfaith harmony.” As Leo XIII warned in Satis Cognitum (§9): “The Church cannot abandon the deposit of faith to please those who will not submit to her teaching.”

Conclusion: Operation of Ecumenical Apostasy

The celebration of Sister Miriam’s work epitomizes the conciliar sect’s theological bankruptcy. By replacing the Great Commission with interfaith dialogue and natural virtues, her mission fulfills Modernism’s goal of reducing Christianity to “a certain pious movement” (Lamentabili Sane, Proposition 59). Quoting St. Pius X’s prophetic judgment: “They are working to the end that Christ may be driven out” (Pascendi §3). This missionary narrative serves not Christ the King, but the ecumenical Antichurch.

Source:
American sister ends 40 years in Bangladesh forming priests, founding school (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 04.02.2026