Posted on 05/27/2009 9:39:58 AM PDT by magdalen
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/briefs/cns/20090526.htm#head6
Book says young women attracted to orders whose members wear habits
DENVER (CNS) -- While the last 40 years have seen an overall drop in the numbers of women entering religious life, a new book released by the Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious says orders that are more visibly countercultural seem to be flourishing. The council represents the superiors of more than 100 religious communities of sisters whose members wear an identifiable religious habit. A canonically approved organization founded in 1992 to promote religious life in the United States, the council notes that the average age of its member communities' sisters is under 35. The book, titled "The Foundations of Religious Life: Revisiting the Vision" and published by Ave Maria Press, is a project of the council. It explores why the orders represented by the council are gaining numbers and how they are living out the vision of consecrated life described by the Second Vatican Council. The book, released May 16, consists of essays written by six religious sisters representing five orders. The topics they address are: religious consecration, the spousal bond, the threefold response to vows, communion in community, and mission.
“visibly countercultural” meaning they are more conservative.
Good! How can young women even recognize a nun these days? A habit differentiates them from everyone else. I’d be happy to see more religious who are proud of their calling!
A very promising sign. I'd guess that the average age of the "hip", "habit optional", "in the spirit of Vatican II" communities is nearing 70.
But only post ‘em once.
Saw the headline and figured Sister Mary Catherine was smoking again...
Ping!
Located in Massachusetts
EVERYONE respected the nuns when you could tell they were nuns!! I LOVE their habits!
My neighborhood is blessed to have one of their monasteries here!
Or they could be watching the rise of Muslims through the Left taking power.
My parish has one of the largest Little Flowers groups in the country, over 100 gals. For our end of the year brunch, our pastor gave a slide show presentation of various order’s habits. It was really brilliant, a room full of little girls, showing them women who get to wear long dresses and veils every day.
..”I LOVE their habits”......
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Ladies in habits seldom have bad ones.....
Heck yea. I’m with you. I’ve worn a uniform of one kind or another nearly my entire life. Why do they make me do that? So people who need my assistance can recognize me for what I represent. It’s no different for people living the religious life. How did the 60’s generation of monastics lose their minds so badly that they lost sight of this simple fact. That’s not even bringing up the deeper spiritual depths of wearing the monastic habit. Funny how the youth are recapturing this.
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