Tag Archives: women religious

Check out one blog’s vivisection of Fr. James Martin’s (SJ) claims about LCWR’s vocations v CMSWR’s vocations.

Posted on 9 August 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Over at Amerika, our old friend, Fr. James Martin, SJ, wrote a piece in which he manipulated statistics so that it appeared that LCWR orders of nuns were getting as many vocations as the CMSWR nuns (the more traditional groups). That … Continue reading →

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Vocations for Women Religious up in England

Posted on 17 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Here is some good news via CNS and The Catholic Herald.
The number of women joining religious orders in England and Wales has almost tripled in the last three years, according to a June 13 article in England’s Catholic Herald newspaper that said … Continue reading →

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Faithful, sound orders and religious institutes for WOMEN?

Posted on 14 February 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Since it’s LOVE DAY, let’s get real.
I have been asked this before, and I think we have covered it before, but… repetita iuvant.
Really good, sound, faith, orders or religious institutes for women in the USA?  England? Ireland? Canada? Australia?
Where you … Continue reading →

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QUAERITUR: Can non-virgins be nuns?

Posted on 18 October 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
First of all, thank you for all the work you do for your flock! What a
breath of fresh air good priests are! [And it is good that there
are so many!]
Here’s my question; Can a non-virgin become a … Continue reading →

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QUAERITUR: sending information for the Visitation of Women Religious

Posted on 30 October 2009 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

A priest reader of WDTPRS writes asking:
Dear Fr. Z,   How can we get our experience of heterodox sisters to the congregation rightly investigating these women?
The best way I can think of is to write directly to the one … Continue reading →

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