Nuns & Nones helps millennials find surprise soulmates in Catholic sisters

[guillaumeb]

From the article:

The Dominican sisters sat in silence, eyes closed, palms upturned, couches and chairs pushed together into a circle in the room at the Dominican Center at Marywood in Grand Rapids, Michigan....

The Sunday night (July 7) meeting, known as Sisters & Seekers, is one of about a dozen gatherings across the country affiliated with Nuns & Nones, a growing alliance connecting Catholic women religious, most of whom are over 60, with 20- and 30-something millennials, many of whom identify as religious “nones.”....

“We millennials have so much hunger for spaces of community, belonging, meaning, depth, and we aren’t finding that in our social media. We aren’t finding that often as we move city to city. And so to be able to find that with these Catholic sisters who hold wisdom of their traditions from centuries is a gift for us to be able to translate that into our own life.”...

There’s no proselytizing at the meetings. And the sisters aren’t looking for their millennial friends to join their order or to seek out a religious vocation. Instead, they want to build bridges between beliefs and generations, something Gordon calls “a welcome antidote for our time.”

To read more:

https://religionnews.com/2019/07/11/nuns-nones-helps-millennials-find-surprise-soulmates-in-catholic-sisters/

I belong to a number of groups. Some are groups of religious progressives, and some have no religious theme. But all of the groups are united in that we are al progressive.

And people do need that personal direct connection.

[Karadeniz]

1. Glad to see peace -seekers just trying to feel their own souls, trying to connect. Gives

optimism.

[guillaumeb]

2. It does.

They recognize a common interest, and the need for connectedness, and as the article states, the religious Sisters are not trying to convert anyone.

[edhopper]

3. Sounds nice and worthwhile

[guillaumeb]

5. Agreed. eom

[Lordquinton]

4. I'm a millenial

and I have hound that connection and community in social media. The problem with our time isn't that we're disconnected by technology, it's that we're in a constant existential crisis that the world may legitimately end (or pass the tipping point) within our lifetime.

[guillaumeb]

6. Well said.

But the problem, for me anyway, is that social media interactions are not the same as actual relationships. It is far too easy to attack people, and to insult in the limited and "bloodless" arena of the internet.

One phrase that is frequently misused is "existential crisis", but as you note, climate change is an existential crisis, as is the threat of nuclear conflict.

But in my view, these type of interactions are useful and to be encouraged.