Overview

Written by a diverse group of younger women religious from North America, In Our Own Words offers a collection of essays on issues central to apostolic religious life today. The thirteen authors represent different congregations, charisms, ministries, and histories. The topics and concerns that shape these chapters emerged naturally through a collaborative process of prayer and conversation. Essays focus on the vows and community life, individual identity and congregational charisms, and leadership among younger members leading into the future. The authors hope these chapters may form a springboard for further conversation on religious life, inviting others to share their experiences of religious life in today’s world.

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Author:   Juliet Mousseau ,  Sarah Kohles, OSF
Publisher:   Liturgical Press
Imprint:   Liturgical Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.298kg
ISBN:  

9780814645208

ISBN 10:   0814645208
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   25 January 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Adult education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents   Acknowledgments Introduction Juliet Mousseau, RSCJ, and Sarah Kohles, OSF Communities in Communion: Shifting into New Life Virginia Herbers, ASCJ Something Old, Something New: Hannah’s Vow (1 Sam 1–2) Touches the Lives of Women Religious Today Sarah Kohles, OSF Theological Anthropology and the Vows of Poverty, Chastity, and Obedience Juliet Mousseau, RSCJ The Vows and Jesus’ Radical Mission: The Power of Celibacy, Poverty, and Obedience for the Reign of God Tracy Kemme, SC Local and Global: Charism of Religious Life Today Mary Therese Perez, OP In the Garden of God’s Love: Cultivating a Vocation Desiré Findlay, CSSF Searching for Identity through the Paschal Mystery Thuy Tran, CSJ Creating a Culture of Encounter: Finding Life in Intergenerational and Intercultural Community Madeleine Miller, OSB The Bridges I Cross and Las Hermanas Who Built Them Christa Parra, IBVM The Compassion the World Needs Now Amanda Carrier, RSM Called to Leadership: Challenges and Opportunities for Younger Members in Leadership Teresa Maya, CCVI Religious Life in a Time of Fog Susan Rose Francois, CSJP “Traveler, Your Footprints Are the Only Road, Nothing Else”: Reflections on the Future of Women’s Religious Life Deborah Warner, CND Looking to the Future Bibliography Contributors

Reviews

This book opens a window for anyone wanting to know more about the lives of those currently entering religious life. Magistra What has been timeless and essential to religious life, passed on for generations, finds both honor and new expression as these newer members of religious life articulate their experience. This is an important read for all who are interested in the evolution of religious life and its continuing vitality into the future. Nancy Schreck, OSF, Sisters of St. Francis in Dubuque, Iowa This book was born of an expressed need of newer religious for more contemporary work on religious life and the vows. It led them to ask the questions: `If not us, who? If not now, when?' The voices of its thirteen authors pulse with new energy that both inspires and challenges readers. In their sharing of personal stories and scholarly insights, they offer new interpretations to this constantly evolving lifeform in our Church and world today. Ellen Dauwer, SC, Executive Director of the Religious Formation Conference

This book was born of an expressed need of newer religious for more contemporary work on religious life and the vows. It led them to ask the questions: If not us, who? If not now, when?' The voices of its thirteen authors pulse with new energy that both inspires and challenges readers. In their sharing of personal stories and scholarly insights, they offer new interpretations to this constantly evolving lifeform in our Church and world today. Ellen Dauwer, SC, Executive Director of the Religious Formation Conference What has been timeless and essential to religious life, passed on for generations, finds both honor and new expression as these newer members of religious life articulate their experience. This is an important read for all who are interested in the evolution of religious life and its continuing vitality into the future. Nancy Schreck, OSF, Sisters of St. Francis in Dubuque, Iowa

This book was born of an expressed need of newer religious for more contemporary work on religious life and the vows. It led them to ask the questions: If not us, who? If not now, when?' The voices of its thirteen authors pulse with new energy that both inspires and challenges readers. In their sharing of personal stories and scholarly insights, they offer new interpretations to this constantly evolving lifeform in our Church and world today. Ellen Dauwer, SC, Executive Director of the Religious Formation Conference

Author Information

Juliet Mousseau, RSCJ, entered the Society of the Sacred Heart in 2009 and made her first vows in 2012. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri, and serves as associate professor of church history at the Aquinas Institute of Theology. Sarah Kohles, OSF, is a Sister of St. Francis of Dubuque, Iowa. She professed final vows in 2011, and currently she is working on her PhD in biblical studies at Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. She has formerly served on the Giving Voice core team.

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