http://www.time.com/time/nation/arti...559503,00.html
http://sognodargento.blogspot.com/20...gods-call.html
Time Magazine features religious sisters and the growing vocations among
younger women
Over the past five years, Roman Catholic communities around the country
have experienced a curious phenomenon: more women, most in their 20s and
30s, are trying on that veil. Convents in Nashville, Tenn.; Ann Arbor,
Mich.; and New York City all admitted at least 15 entrants over the past
year and fielded hundreds of inquiries. One convent is hurriedly raising
funds for a new building to house the inflow, and at another a rush of
new blood has lowered the median age of its 225 sisters to 36. Catholic
centers at universities, including Illinois and Texas A&M, report
growing numbers of women entering discernment, or the official period of
considering a vocation. Career women seeking more meaning in their lives
and empty-nest moms are also finding their way to convent doors.