"How do we speak about the value of our life as religious, while also changing attitudes so religious life is not seen as holier than the life of every other baptized person?" asks Sr. Christine Elisabeth Burke.
"Keeping silence is an act of the will that engages the whole person and helps to cultivate solid relationships, because they are animated by the Word of God," Leo told the Dominican contemplatives.
The $100 million project, expected to take about 15 years, is reviving centuries-old masonry techniques to create a self-sustaining monastery complex that will eventually house up to 40 sisters.
Devotion to Venerable Maria Celine Kannanaikal has spread seven decades after her death. "People of all faiths visit her tomb, seeking her intercession," says Sr. Leema Manchiyil of the Ursulines of Mary Immaculate.
Discerning Deacons is planning more than 50 virtual forums to engage Catholics in the discernment about women in the diaconate, two of which are specific to Catholic sisters.
Horizons - For those of us who have consecrated our lives to the Lord, discernment is a mystical exercise where human freedom meets the divine will. Abraham's experience gives us insight into learning to obey with love.
Thank you infinitely for your tenacity and perfectionism in your meticulous work with the prayed-over, lived and written word of the sisters who are on the front lines.
People love to love nuns. Why is it that nuns playing frisbee, or holding protest signs, or simply the imagery of a woman in a veil is so captivating to media consumers, even those who aren't religious?
