How are their vocations doing? I would guess that this issue of communities in opposition to the magisterium would self-resolve in about 10-20 years.
Just visited both sites (NY and MO) and find nothing about vocations. Perhaps they have given up.
‘Self-resolve in about 20 years’ indeed. I talked to our good priest a bit ago about this. He said he knew many of the sisters in the communities that went through the upheavals during the 60s. He said there was a lot of wreckage left from the rebellions, the sisters made some really bad decisions. He said, ‘They did themselves in. The Church was not really impacted at all, but they were very much.”
The orthodox convents are experiencing rapid growth these days, and the new priests coming in are orthodox, too. “The old order is rapidly changing; get out of the way if you can’t understanding/ for the times they are a’changing.” 60s folks didn’t think it would happen to THEM.
It will ‘self-resolve in about 20 years’ indeed. I talked to our good priest a bit ago about this. He said he knew many of the sisters in the communities that went through the upheavals during the 60s. He said there was a lot of wreckage left from the rebellions, the sisters made some really bad decisions. He said, ‘They did themselves in. The Church was not really impacted at all, but they were very much.”
The orthodox convents are experiencing rapid growth these days, and the new priests coming in are orthodox, too. “The old order is rapidly changing; get out of the way if you can’t understanding/ for the times they are a’changing.” 60s folks didn’t think it would happen to THEM.
Might not even take that long. Sr. Brigid is 75, and I don't believe there are many in her order who are much younger than she. Since the 1980's, and the nuns started getting into the 'Social Justice' arena, and moving away from Church teachings, they haven't had much in the way of novices. Why would a young woman with a desire for a religious vocation be drawn to that?
The Communities of Religious Women that have been growing since the 80s are the ones that have stayed close to the Church, and several new Orders have begun in just the last 10 years, or so. Most of the Sisters wear habits, some less elaborate than others, but it's clear that they love God, and want to serve Him. Unlike their elder sisters, they don't seem to consider teaching and nursing demeaning.