Jesuitical

How a religious congregation decides it’s time to close up shop


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This week, Jesuitical is joined by Sister Donna Dodge, the president of the Sisters of Charity of New York, which recently decided to embark on a “path to completion,” meaning the over 200-year-old congregation will no longer accept new vocations (though their ministry continues). We discuss:

  • How religious life has changed since Sister Donna joined in 1966
  • How the sisters discerned that it was time to let go—and how their charism of charity will live on in the work of lay collaborators
  • Why the church needs to change the way it talks about “vocation” with young people

  • And in Signs of the Times, Zac and Ashley chat with America’s national correspondent, Michael O’Loughlin, about the controversy sparked by the Los Angeles Dodgers’ decision to include a group of “drag queen nuns” in their Pride Night this June.

    Links from the show:

    Drag queen ‘nuns’ will be included in LA Dodgers Pride Night. I have complicated feelings about it.

    The end of an era for the Sisters of Charity of New York 

    Nerves, tears and chanting: What I saw during the New York Sisters of Charity vote to stop accepting members

    What’s on tap? 

    Scotch on the rocks

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