Sisters have become “invisible” in recent years, but does that mean they e gone?
At least in North America, it seems, the number of Sisters is not what it once was in any congregation. Yes, fewer women are making a choice for a lifestyle that appears to be “out of sync” with many of today’s social values. Yes, the stalwart Sisters of yesteryear are getting older and passing on. “Endangered species?” Some form of religious life has been around from the second or third century–almost 2000 years. The way it started out wasn’t the way it was known in the middle ages, or the way it appeared before the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s. The heart of religious life hasn’t changed–only the way it looks on the outside. So will religious life cease to exist? We don’t think so. Will it change its appearance? Probably. In fact, it already seems to be changing. It’s becoming evident that the charism–that energy of the heart that is the catalyst for service–is found not only in the hearts of Vowed Religious but in the hearts of lay Associates as well. Perhaps a new form of
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