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19 november 2006, 04:35

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.

19 november 2006, 04:35	#1
Naufal Berichten: n/a	=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Regain_des_vocations_=28de_religieuses=29?==?I SO-8859-1?Q?_aux_=C9tats-Unis?= 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.