Religious Life as a Prophetic Life Form
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-2010
Publisher
The National Catholic Reporter Publishing Company
Abstract
When the Vatican investigation of U.S. women religious was announced some months ago without any preparation, consultation, or even the courtesy of a notification to congregational leaders that it was about to happen, many people, religious and laity alike, were stunned at what seemed like a surprise attack aimed at a most unlikely target, given the massive and unaddressed problems besetting the clergy and hierarchy at the moment. Persistent efforts to learn the charges and the accusers hit a stone wall since virtually no one believed that a decline in numbers of entrants constituted a “crime” calling for such a massive response or that a judicial proceeding of such magnitude was instituted to ascertain (much less foster!) the “quality of life” of religious.
Recommended Citation
Schneiders, Sandra Marie “Religious Life as a Prophetic Life Form.” National Catholic Reporter. Jan. 4-8, 2010. http://ncronline.org/news/women-religious/religious-life-prophetic-life-form. http://ncronline.org/news/women-religious/call-response-and-task-prophetic-action. http://ncronline.org/news/women-religious/what-jesus-taught-us-about-his-prophetic-ministry. http://ncronline.org/news/women-religious/tasks-those-who-choose-prophetic-life-style. http://ncronline.org/news/women-religious/religious-life-sharing-jesus-passion-resurrection. Date accessed Sept. 24, 2010.
Comments
This is a five-part essay by Immaculate Heart of Mary Sr. Sandra Schneiders on the meaning of religious life today. In this part Schneiders, professor of New Testament Studies and Christian Spirituality at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, sets the context for “Religious Life as Prophetic Life Form.” These installments ran from Jan. 4 through Jan. 8, 2010.
PART 1
PART 2
PART 3
PART 4
PART 5