SISTERS
PHOTOS COURTESY OF SISTERS OF CHARITY OF CINCINNATI
“I HAD BEEN longing for something radical, meaningful, communal,” Sister Tracy Kemme, S.C. says about why she entered religious life. Here, she walks with other Catholic sisters in Washington, D.C., at a demonstration supporting immigration reform.
My millennial response to a perennial call by
Sister Tracy Kemme, S.C. is a pastoral minister and the vocation coordinator for her congregation, the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati.
Sister Tracy Kemme, S.C.
Young women are still choosing to become Catholic sisters, even as Americans in general are becoming less religious. Here is the story of one millennial.
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FIRST THOUGHT about becoming a sister at age 22, while I was an international volunteer with Rostro de Cristo, near Guayaquil, Ecuador. For two years, I lived in a faith community with other young adults, volunteered with Ecuadorian outreach organizations, grew in relationship with my Ecuadorian neighbors, and learned to see the world, especially my faith, with new eyes. Early during the first year, on a weekend beach retreat, I was staring out into
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