World Day for Consecrated Life

Sr. Esther Fangman, prioress of the Benedictine Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica of Atchison, Kansas, blesses Emily Bauer, 26, as she makes her vows as a canonical novice with the community Dec. 7, 2019.

Sisters innovate approaches to outreach, formation for young women

GSR invited readers to share how congregations reach out to younger women, and about new members under age 40. They describe new ways of instruction that encourage exploration of inner strengths and struggles.

Gail DeGeorge

Sr. Comfort Nguvan Anum, Sr. Janet Odey and Sr. Stella Nkechi Anyanwu at their profession of vows with the School Sisters of Notre Dame on April 25, 2015, at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Gboko, Benue State, Nigeria. Each was 38 at the time. (C

Communities welcome young women to the sisterhood through international outreach

By Gail DeGeorge

A military connection: religious life and how we do it

By Nancy Linenkugel

Religious women, wild and wonderful

By Ellen Dunn

World Day for Consecrated Life

Sisters innovate approaches to outreach, formation for young women

Communities welcome young women to the sisterhood through international outreach

A military connection: religious life and how we do it

Religious women, wild and wonderful

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