I see what you’re saying, I am just telling her from my experience, and I wish I’d had to go to less school in order to enter earlier. When I’m in school I get very stressed out and my prayer life suffers, which is not the way to nurture a vocation. Plus it’s been a ton of waiting. She can always enter, and then if her order teaches, get a degree while she is a postulant/novice.I disagree; one should not sacrifice obtaining a good education because of time(4 years is really not that long) or money. For one thing, what if one enters an active order? A baccalaureate is needed in order to serve, for example, as a schoolteacher or registered nurse.
I feel the same way. I am a college student. The stress from college and peer pressure makes my prayer life suffer and my church work suffer. I regret not running into my relationship. I won’t be able to enter a order until I turn 23.I see what you’re saying, I am just telling her from my experience, and I wish I’d had to go to less school in order to enter earlier. When I’m in school I get very stressed out and my prayer life suffers, which is not the way to nurture a vocation. Plus it’s been a ton of waiting. She can always enter, and then if her order teaches, get a degree while she is a postulant/novice.
I agree. I entered at 17 with 1 year of college and finished the rest while in temporary vows. Because of the number of sisters that leave after college, my community started asking sisters to sign a form stating that if they left the order, they would repay them for the college expenses incurred.I feel the same way. I am a college student. The stress from college and peer pressure makes my prayer life suffer and my church work suffer. I regret not running into my relationship. I won’t be able to enter a order until I turn 23.
All right. I happen to love school and learning, so my perspective is a bit different.I see what you’re saying, I am just telling her from my experience, and I wish I’d had to go to less school in order to enter earlier. When I’m in school I get very stressed out and my prayer life suffers, which is not the way to nurture a vocation. Plus it’s been a ton of waiting. She can always enter, and then if her order teaches, get a degree while she is a postulant/novice.