RELIGIOUS LIFE
COURTESY OF SISTERS OF ST. MARY OF OREGON
THE 2020 NRVC study revealed that newer sisters, brothers, and priests are excited about the possibilities before them.
Our newest religious possess an age-old Christian virtue: hope by
VISION editors
What lies ahead for Catholic sisters, brothers, and priests in the United States? New members to religious life exhibit abundant hope during challenging times.
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ELIGIOUS LIFE is supposed to be about “setting the world aflame” with God’s love. It has waxed and waned, changed and evolved over the centuries, and recently the National Religious Vocation Conference, VISION’s parent organization, surveyed the newest members of religious life to capture their experience. These men and women are actually much like their predecessors: resilient people of faith who are hopeful about their lives and their future. They joined religious life knowing it was a risk, as it has always been—a
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