calling us to live and serve as women
religious. While every congregation
has elderly sisters—that’s not a big
surprise given that the U.s. population is aging—there are in fact many
younger sisters in congregations
across the country and the world.
one of the great gifts religious life
has to offer, and to model for the rest
of the world, is an intergenerational
community that values the energy
and new ideas of the young and reverences the perspective and insight
of elders.
2. “But I don’t
see any younger sisters.”
don’t be discouraged—they really do
exist! one reason you don’t see many
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young sisters is that we are spread
across hundreds of congregations.
Thanks to the internet, however,
we are able to network with one
another and support and encourage
one another. A perfect example is
giving-voice.org, a network of women
religious who entered religious life
after the second Vatican Council
(1962-1965). They are sisters and
nuns in their 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s
from across many congregations and
ways of living religious life. They offer conferences, workshops, newsletters, forums, and a variety of ways to
stay connected.
Another is that we look, talk,
pray, minister, and live in a variety of
roles, not necessarily in the classic
ways we’ve been known in the past.
Enter #258 at VocationMatch.com
