religious life

habits

You Won’t Believe What Fits in the Pockets of a Religious Habit

There’s a secret that no one tells you about when it comes to wearing a religious habit. The POCKETS! While women’s pants pockets are basically nonexistent, religious habits are making up for pocket inequality. But it’s not all sunshine. Sometimes all those pockets can get downright uncomfortable. In fact, some sisters have so many pockets, …

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vocations

Religious Vocations Aren’t Dead, and Here Are 12 Tweets That Prove It

When you bring up the topic of religious vocations, you may be met with doom and gloom comments about how “no one is discerning their vocation anymore.” National Vocation Awareness Week is celebrated November 4th through the 10th, and this week we’re celebrating those who live out their religious vocations joyfully and beautifully over on …

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friend

11 Stages of Processing Your Friend Discerning Their Religious Vocation

Your college roommate is unpacking his bags from a retreat at the seminary. Or maybe your friend can’t stop talking about how great of a time she had at a come-and-see visit to a local convent. The signs are all pointing to them packing their bags and discerning themselves a religious vocation. Read more: The 5 …

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Cor Orans

‘Cor Orans’ Requires Contemplative Orders to Join Federations

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican recently released “Cor Orans” (“Praying Heart”), a document that addresses Catholic women religious in cloistered communities. The 34 page long document “intends to make clear the provisions of the law, developing and determining the procedures in the execution” of Pope Francis’ Apostolic Constitution on women’s religious orders which was released …

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Little Sisters of the Poor: What To Do Now

The Little Sisters of the Poor lost their latest battle in court on July 14, 2015. They were previously able to obtain a temporary stay from the Healthcare Mandate from Justice Sotomayor, but that has now been overturned by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals court, meaning they must, in accord with the Affordable Care Act, provide contraceptives as …

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