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Foreign-born nuns defy narrative of decline in religious life
- Church in the US
- Mar 3, 2017
A new study in advance of National Catholic Sisters Week finds there are more than 4,000 foreign-born nuns either studying or serving in the United States, with Asia the largest sending continent. On average they’re younger, and tend to be highly-educated, representing a sort of “reverse mission.”
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Book captures the transformation of the American Catholic parish
- Church in the US
- Feb 20, 2017
A new book called “Catholic Parishes of the 21st Century” presents a treasure trove of research and data on parish life in America, among other things capturing the ethnic transformation of American Catholicism and also the impact of growing mobility.
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US nuns in free fall: Aging sisters and declining vocations
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- Oct 13, 2014
A new report shows that Catholic sisters in the United States face a more serious challenge to their existence than the Vatican-led investigation of the American nuns: A rapidly aging membership and a decline in vocations that afflicts even the most traditional orders. “The overall change in the population of
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