On Being a Millennial and a Nun

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A Nun's Life welcomes guest blogger Sister Christina Chavez, CDP, with the Congregation of Divine Providence in San Antonio, Texas.

Could God be calling me to religious life even though I'm not Catholic?

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What is it about the life that is calling to you? Is it the focus of prayer and deepening the relationship with God that religious life allows for?

 

The Sisterhood on Lifetime: The Context of Discernment

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"The Sisterhood" is a new reality TV show that is airing on the Lifetime channel tomorrow evening. There's been quite a bit of conversation in the Catholic world about this show and it hasn't even aired yet! We've seen the trailer, we've read the background information, we've heard the conversations. Here's what we've got to say about it.

Learning how to be a woman religious

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Entering a community, or even making vows, isn't the end of the vocation journey! The Nuns discuss.

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Vow of Poverty, Not Destitution

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Poverty? That's not good at all, right? The word itself often calls to mind the reality of destitution that many people in our own country and indeed our very own neighborhood face every single day -- living without sufficient resources. But the word poverty is also one that is an important part of our lives as Catholic sisters and nuns -- as well as religious brothers, monks, and friars.