This is a NYT article of interest to our community. Not too clear (imho) on some basics, but worth reading. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/31/style/milliennial-nuns-spiritual-quest.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Kind of a kooky idea. The nuns probably get more out of this than the nones. Anybody that wants to do this better hurry. The nuns are dying out rapidly.
As a related item, it is interesting that Catholic women realized that they were being exploited decades before the priests did. In the U. S., women stopped joining the convents in the 1960's and 1970's. There are virtually no women joining anymore. Though their numbers are dwindling, men are still joining the priesthood.
Kind of a kooky idea. The nuns probably get more out of this than the nones. Anybody that wants to do this better hurry. The nuns are dying out rapidly.
As a related item, it is interesting that Catholic women realized that they were being exploited decades before the priests did. In the U. S., women stopped joining the convents in the 1960's and 1970's. There are virtually no women joining anymore. Though their numbers are dwindling, men are still joining the priesthood.