Nun makes it very clear which words are forbidden

Published 10:28 pm Sunday, December 9, 2007

Sister Kathy Avery won’t put up with swearing on the playground at her school, and she’s not above repeating the offending language to make sure everyone understands which words she won’t tolerate.

The principal of St. Clare of Montefalco Catholic School had students stay after a Mass last month and informed the fifth- through eighth-graders that she has zero-tolerance for cursing.

Just in case anyone wasn’t sure what she was talking about, Avery read off a list of the words and phrases that she was banning.

“It got a little quiet in church” during her talk, she told the Detroit Free Press.

Some parents were shocked, but others applauded, the newspaper said.