Thursday, August 10, 2006
In Denial
Someone's got his head in the sand.
In Double Crossed: Uncovering the Catholic Church’s Betrayal of American Nuns, former New York Times religion editor Kenneth Briggs blames the decrease in women religious in the United States on efforts of the Church hierarchy to quash renewal efforts despite the fact that following Vatican II most religious communities left off wearing habits and moved out of community.
He finds the fact that those orders which still wear the habit, live in community and generally follow a more traditional prayer life are growing unconvincing. He thinks the growth of these communities is “fleeting and illusory”.
Sister Mary Biatta of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Martyr St. George knows what is attractive in religious life:
Young women considering religious life, [Sister Mary Biatta] said, are looking for an order with a great love for the church manifested by acceptance of its teachings, a visible witness, which most often means a habit, and a life of prayer and community.
A sister from Martyrs St. George, was the professor for my Honors class my freshman year at Steubenvile. During my years at FUS, several of my friends left school to join them, as well as the Nashville Dominicans. I know many women who entered religious life, but none have joined an order that doesn't wear a habit.
Liberals can deny it all they want, but traditional orders are attractive. It isn't a fluke or fleeting and illusory that the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist started with 4 sisters in 1996 and 10 years later have over 40 sisters.
In Double Crossed: Uncovering the Catholic Church’s Betrayal of American Nuns, former New York Times religion editor Kenneth Briggs blames the decrease in women religious in the United States on efforts of the Church hierarchy to quash renewal efforts despite the fact that following Vatican II most religious communities left off wearing habits and moved out of community.
He finds the fact that those orders which still wear the habit, live in community and generally follow a more traditional prayer life are growing unconvincing. He thinks the growth of these communities is “fleeting and illusory”.
Sister Mary Biatta of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Martyr St. George knows what is attractive in religious life:
Young women considering religious life, [Sister Mary Biatta] said, are looking for an order with a great love for the church manifested by acceptance of its teachings, a visible witness, which most often means a habit, and a life of prayer and community.
A sister from Martyrs St. George, was the professor for my Honors class my freshman year at Steubenvile. During my years at FUS, several of my friends left school to join them, as well as the Nashville Dominicans. I know many women who entered religious life, but none have joined an order that doesn't wear a habit.
Liberals can deny it all they want, but traditional orders are attractive. It isn't a fluke or fleeting and illusory that the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist started with 4 sisters in 1996 and 10 years later have over 40 sisters.
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You can say that again. I would NEVER consider joining an order that didn't wear a habit.
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: 8/10/2006 10:21 AM
: 8/10/2006 10:21 AM
Actually, the Dominican Sisters of Mary, MOther of the Eucharist have almost 60 sisters, with another large group of postulants entering the community later in the month - they just started two new missions in Arizona and South Carolina. They are a beautiful community!
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