Where have all the sisters gone? US Catholic school nuns dwindling in numbers
In the 1960s, most Catholic school teachers were members of religious orders. Now, many schools have one or two, or no nuns ...
Cosmopolitan (UK) on MSN11d
Eat, pray, love: Meet the twenty-something nuns
They abandoned their relationships, jobs and lives for a total devotion to God and their fellow sisters. What can we learn ...
Messenger-Inquirer3d
Catholic Sisters Week
Catholic Sisters Week, celebrated on March 8-14, shines a light on the spirituality, mission, and community building of women religious around the world. The “Celebrating ...
National Catholic Register2d
Tea With the Sisters: How One Parish Helps Young Women Discern Religious Life
This tea featured the presence of various religious orders. Last weekend, St. John Neumann Catholic Church hosted a “Tea with ...
The Christian Century13d
America’s real sister act
When we narrate the history of the church from the perspective of Black nuns,” says historian Shannen Dee Williams, “myths ...
National Catholic Reporter4d
Your letters: Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Catholic racism and partisan bishops
NCR readers respond to stories about Bishop Robert Barron, the Church's role in American racism and Pope Francis' letter to ...
cathstan.org13d
Sister of Charity makes sure Catholics ‘never forget’ the Holocaust
Sister Gemma del Duca, a member of the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill University in Greensburg, Pa., is pictured in a at ...
USA Today10d
Where have all the sisters gone? US Catholic school nuns dwindling in numbers
Sister Rosa, born Ngoc Hong Thi Pham in Vietnam, says the children she teaches at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Academy in New York City "look like angels." The 35-year-old native of Saigon is a ...