Catholic Religious Australia (CRA) marked the World Day of Consecrated Life on February 2 by giving thanks for the generosity of consecrated women and men in the day-to-day challenges of ecclesial living and missionary service to Church and society.
Over the summer break my daughter messaged me while at the dentist in Sydney to tell me there were two nuns in the waiting room.
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Most of us would have heard the voices – sometimes they are our own – that wonder and ask: Why are there not as many Religious anymore? Why can’t I recognise them as in the past? Why don’t they live in big groups…or dress the same way as I remember them…or as we see them in the movies? Why is there such change and differences between each group?
On the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord on February 2, many communities across the world focused on World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life. This year, I celebrate 40 years of lived Religious life.
Sister Enid Wood OP will take on the role of Vicar for Religious for the Archdiocese of Adelaide, following the appointment of Sr Marie Ralph as Community Leader of the Sisters of Mercy in Eastern Victoria and Tasmania.
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