From the 4th to the 21st century: a young Benedictine reflects on the history and present reality of women's religious life.(Religious Life)

National Catholic Reporter | February 25, 2005| | Copyright

It was 23 when I first began to announce to people that I planned to enter a monastery. My friends and family weren't very surprised. But when I told my intentions to people I barely knew, I often had to have what I called "the 'monastic life' conversation." "What will you do?" asked the nonCatholic parents of a college friend. "I can't understand those orders where all they do is pray all the time," said another acquaintance. "At first I don't understand why people would want to be nuns," said a nonreligious friend of a friend, "but when I think of them as communities of ...

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