NUN 101
Thoughts on Habits
Friday, May 2nd, 2008Sister Judy over at The Digital Nun has a 3-part series on habits …
Why Do Young People Want Habits?
The Habit: Pros and Cons
What Makes a Habit a Habit?
While the habit does not make the nun, it is a part of religious life. Unfortunately the habit is sometimes used by Catholics and the media as a […]
Religious Life is Alive and Well
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008A fellow blogging nun has posted a wonderful reflection that she gave to a group of lay people about religious life. This contemplative Redemptoristine sister (Order of the Most Holy Redeemer) writes the blog Contemplative Horizon. This reflection on religious life, she writes, is meant “to bring our lay friends up to date and give […]
Do nuns ever feel lonely?
Friday, April 25th, 2008From my Ask Sister page …
I’m stepping into religious life… or at least I think I am. I was wondering - do you ever feel lonely and alone? I really hate travelling alone and I yearn for the physical presence of a man - not sexual - just the ‘being there’. Jesus is my spouse, […]
Good article on today’s nuns
Friday, April 11th, 2008Today’s nuns answer calls to serve differently
Modern sisters reach out to the world around them in ways unlike their stereotype
Nancy Lofholm
The Denver Post
March 23, 2008
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.
Sister Karen Bland is a thoroughly modern Catholic nun. Her gold Chevrolet Malibu is proof.
The well-used tennis shoes she wears in her early-morning, after-Mass visits to a health club […]
Do women become nuns because they can’t “get a guy”?
Thursday, March 27th, 2008Here’s a little follow up to my post on nuns and sexual urges.
Too often people assume that nuns are women who couldn’t “get a guy” or who broke up with someone they thought was “the one” and was left with no alternative. Nuns are also stereotyped as sexually repressed, dowdy women who lack passion and […]
7. First Vows