Religious life is full of lessons that shape and transform us over time. This month, we asked panelists: What is something you have learned in your religious life that you wished you had learned sooner?
"I hope that in my joyful witness of what a relationship with God can look like, I can perhaps inspire others to look at a relationship with God in their own life," says Miriam Marston, a consecrated virgin of the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon.
I had to wait for eight years to make my perpetual vows. These vows committed me to Christ forever. In the words of St. Paul, I was ready to lose everything to gain Christ.
Four vowed religious women are helping others to discern, offering opportunities for prayer and reflection through the House of Discernment in Pittsburgh, which also provides a unique form of intentional community.
Today's divided world challenges us to embody the Gospel's call to healing and peace. We asked The Life's panel of sisters: How is healing and forgiveness facilitated or happening in your community?
The office governing Vatican City State was set to have a new president March 1 and, while in the hospital, Pope Francis changed the office's statutes to give the new president two top-level assistants.
The small community at Hafnarfjordur, which consists of 14 sisters with three in formation, has been met with support from native Icelanders who respect the Carmelites' spirituality and believe it brings harmony to their island.
It's been nearly two years since kittens Snowdrop and Stardust joined the household, and what an adventure it has been. The lessons they are teaching me are multiple.
Considering the war, the ever-present threat of invasion, and the possibility of being erased as a nation, places like this have profound therapeutic significance for the people of Zhytomyr and all of Ukraine.
