LCWR meets archbishop but won't compromise on way of life [CNAU]

[jwinch2]

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Sometime, if you are curious as to which path God prefers, take a look at the growth in religious communities such as these, and compare that with those who have strayed into dissent. This is only one such example and, thanks be to God, there are many others we could look at.

We often use the phrase “we voted with our feet” or “we voted with our wallet”. Well, in this situation, it seems that God has voted with Vocations.

 

[Elizabeth502]

Wow I thought they would be nice people here but I see that they aren’t. Just some people who want to hold on to things that with careful study have been revealed as true -]can’t be considered true./-]

 

[JimG]

youtube.com/watch?v=uFFiNRvXBQw&NR=1&feature=endscreen

Sometime, if you are curious as to which path God prefers, take a look at the growth in religious communities such as these, and compare that with those who have strayed into dissent. This is only one such example and, thanks be to God, there are many others we could look at.

We often use the phrase “we voted with our feet” or “we voted with our wallet”. Well, in this situation, it seems that God has voted with Vocations.

That’s quite true. In my diocese there are a number of religious communities. I’ve heard somewhere that the average age of religious sisters in the U.S. is somewhere around age 70. That’s true for only one of the orders I know. And that’s not saying anything against them. They are a very good order. One of them told me once that back when they had a huge number of new postulants and young sisters, the bishop had commented that “well, it’s great to have a lot of young sisters, but of course it means that someday we’ll have a lot of old sisters!”

But there are also several communities whose average age is a lot younger—for example, this one. Orders of religious women are not dying out, and they are not becoming heterodox, (except for some of the LCWR leaders.) In our local Catholic high schools and colleges, there are even groups of young women who have formed an organization devoted to the possibility of discerning religious life.

 

[jwinch2]

That’s quite true. In my diocese there are a number of religious communities. I’ve heard somewhere that the average age of religious sisters in the U.S. is somewhere around age 70. That’s true for only one of the orders I know. And that’s not saying anything against them. They are a very good order. One of them told me once that back when they had a huge number of new postulants and young sisters, the bishop had commented that “well, it’s great to have a lot of young sisters, but of course it means that someday we’ll have a lot of old sisters!”

But there are also several communities whose average age is a lot younger—for example, this one. Orders of religious women are not dying out, and they are not becoming heterodox, (except for some of the LCWR leaders.) In our local Catholic high schools and colleges, there are even groups of young women who have formed an organization devoted to the possibility of discerning religious life.

If you are up for it, please share the story of that community in this thread I have started on the subject.

Thanks,

forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=737023

As for the rest, I unfortunately must disagree to some extent. Some orders are dying out and several have become hetrodox, and not just the leaders at LCWR. Those communities where the leaders in LCWR come from as well as many others have issues. The simple fact that they were: A) ever elected to the positions; B) allowed to run in the first place; or, C) allowed to say the things they have without being called out for it by their superiors, tells us logically that the issue goes far beyond merely the leadership. If you check out the first thread on this subject, there is a great deal of documentation as to the depth of the issues which exist, including their genesis.

The Apostolic Visitation report, when it comes out, will tell us far more, but there is little, if any, chance that the issues in LCWR are confined to the leadership.

Thankfully also, as you noted, there are many wonderful new communities which have sprung up and older communities which have remained faithful or are being revitalized. I pray this continues.

Peace,