Matt C. Abbott column
Nuns in crisis; 'Lily's Miracle'
Matt C. Abbott
The following is a brief interview with Ann Carey, author of Sisters in Crisis: Revisited
(2013), published by Ignatius Press. Thanks to Mrs. Carey for taking
the time to respond to my questions; and thanks to Kevin Wandra of
Carmel Communications for facilitating this interview.
Click here to order a copy of the book directly from the publisher.
1. What inspired you to write Sisters in Crisis?
Ann Carey: I always had an interest in sisters, for they had been my teachers from kindergarten through college. I was writing for Our Sunday Visitor
in 1992 when I was asked to write an article about the Vatican approval
of a second superiors' conference for U.S. women religious – the
Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious. U.S. women religious
already had a superiors' conference – the Leadership Conference of Women
Religious (LCWR). That was the first time the Vatican had ever
recognized more than one superiors' conference in the same country, so I
wondered why this happened.
In researching the article I found that two different visions of religious life had evolved among sisters since the close of Vatican II in 1965. Thus, the Vatican erected the second superiors' conference to accommodate the sisters who were living the Church's classic model of religious life and did not embrace the evolving vision of a diverse religious life espoused by the LCWR.
Click here to order a copy of the book directly from the publisher.
1. What inspired you to write Sisters in Crisis?
Ann Carey: I always had an interest in sisters, for they had been my teachers from kindergarten through college. I was writing for Our Sunday Visitor
in 1992 when I was asked to write an article about the Vatican approval
of a second superiors' conference for U.S. women religious – the
Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious. U.S. women religious
already had a superiors' conference – the Leadership Conference of Women
Religious (LCWR). That was the first time the Vatican had ever
recognized more than one superiors' conference in the same country, so I
wondered why this happened.In researching the article I found that two different visions of religious life had evolved among sisters since the close of Vatican II in 1965. Thus, the Vatican erected the second superiors' conference to accommodate the sisters who were living the Church's classic model of religious life and did not embrace the evolving vision of a diverse religious life espoused by the LCWR.
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Matt C. Abbott is a Catholic columnist with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication, Media and Theatre from Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, and an Associate in Applied Science degree in Business Management from Triton College in River Grove, Ill. He has worked in the right-to-life movement and is a published writer focused on Catholic and social issues. He can be reached at mattcabbott@gmail.com.
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