Young sisters, old sisters: The challenges and blessings of the age gap

Birds fly in a gap between cliffs (Unsplash/Tobias Rademacher)

(Unsplash/Tobias Rademacher)

If a younger woman has a vocation to religious life, is that a problem for the community she joins — which likely skews older — or a blessing for everyone? The nuns discuss the age gap with Mercy Srs. Amanda Carrier and Cynthia Serjak in this clip from the Motherhouse Road Trip podcast series.

Click here to listen to the full episode of "Motherhouse Road Trip" where this clip is from.

GSR has recently acquired A Nun's Life Ministry. Revisit full episodes of all the ministry's podcasts (Ask Sister, In Good Faith, Random Nun Clips and more, like the archived Motherhouse Road Trips) at ANunsLife.org.

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