More Young Women Entering Convent

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Yes, it is an enjoyable article. I think most of us here already know the basic points, but the details are nice to read - very encouraging!
 
Too often we focus on increasing priestly ordinations. We need to focus with the same intensity on women religious.
 
TIME Magazine is just another anti-Catholic, mainstream media source out to make the Catholic church look bad. I mean, uh, oops! 😃

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This was indeed good news, and it was nice to see an unbiased report (relatively speaking, of course) of it in the secular media for a change.

The Anchoress ran a very similar article back in February 2006. You can view it at the following site: theanchoressonline.com/2006/02/28/vocations-flowering/

What I’ve found interesting is that in nearly all of these cases, the young people entering religious life are flocking to more traditional religious orders, orders that have, by and large, maintained the traditional habit.
 
I actually know two of the women interviewed for the article: Kathatine Johnson (a college student still in discernment) and Sr. Sarah Roy (the first in her community to take the veil since Vatican II). I was very pleased with the article. It shows that there is something in religious life that is still powerfully attractive to young women.
 
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This is wonderful news.
I thought, if this is so, I think that Pope John Paul would have played a huge role in these vocations. Sure enough he is mentioned in the article.
His writings on the Dignity of Women would have touched many hearts and inspired them to higher standards and forgetfulness of self. There is, as well, the genuine love that he showed towards all young people and his faith in them as the future of the Church.
We need to continue to pray for vocations.
Thank you for this article 👍
 
My sister joined Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She has been there for 3 years.

They have grown 4,000% since they opened 8-9 years ago. This year they had 15 new sisters join and the expanded their capacity from 50-100 dorms and they are almost all filled up. They also do were habits.
 
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My sister joined Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She has been there for 3 years. …
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The Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, come to see my son’s school plays. (He attends Father Gabriel Richard HS in Ann Arbor.) When they come in, all in their white habits, most of them quite young, a hush always falls over the crowd. They absolutely glow!

Two of them teach at his HS, too.

'thann
 
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The Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, come to see my son’s school plays. (He attends Father Gabriel Richard HS in Ann Arbor.) When they come in, all in their white habits, most of them quite young, a hush always falls over the crowd. They absolutely glow!

Two of them teach at his HS, too.

'thann
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My sister teaches 2nd grade at one of the schools.
 
I’ve heard this before from other sources. In fact, my former high school homeroom teacher, a St. Joseph Sister, recently told me that they’re experiencing a modest but definite upswing in vocations & mostly as 2nd careers, so many of them are my age or younger (I’ve been out of high school a LONG time!). It’s definitely an encouraging development.

Also, this has been happening in Europe despite all the dire predictions many people make about Christianity dying out there. Not too long ago I saw a report from Italy, where both men and women are joining the contemplative orders in increasing numbers. They cited a longing for truth, especially as a result of disenchantment with the material world around them. My Serbian friend also said that the Orthodox monasteries in Eastern Europe are filling with young, well-educated people who cited the same reasons as the Italians - after the rush of freedom after Communism fell, they realized that materialism wasn’t all they needed. Christianity may still be struggling to regain its rightful place in society, but it is far from dead.
 
Can you tell us more about this order? I just got some info from them in the mail but have never heard of them before. I was specifically interested in why the Foundress started a new order.
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My sister joined Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She has been there for 3 years.

They have grown 4,000% since they opened 8-9 years ago. This year they had 15 new sisters join and the expanded their capacity from 50-100 dorms and they are almost all filled up. They also do were habits.
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Thanks for the link to this article! I’m going to look up “Franciscan Sisters” in iTunes and subscribe to their podcasts. 🙂
 
Nohome said:
TIME Magazine is just another anti-Catholic, mainstream media source out to make the Catholic church look bad. I mean, uh, oops! 😃

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I take it you bypass Newsweek then, eh? :whistle: 😃

sorry… couldn’t pass that up… 😃
 
tamccrackine said:
I take it you bypass Newsweek then, eh? :whistle: 😃

sorry… couldn’t pass that up… 😃
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I don’t subscribe to any major news source. My admittedly flippent comments were directed at the typical response seen on the board when the media reports about the Catholic faith. The TIME story did not bash the Church, so I just made note of it. Like you, I couldn’t pass it up.

Nohome
 
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