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Convivium readers, and even a member of the Convivium team, respond to Marlena Lougheed’s account of her decision to leave worldly life and join the Catholic religious order, Sisters of Life.
After reading Marlena's account of her vocation story in Convivium's A Love Louder Than Noise, I can recall the piercing silence with which God burst into my heart, the moment...
The New York Times and National Post recently discovered the "trend" of young women entering religious orders to become nuns. Marlena Loughheed didn't need to read the news. She listened to her heart, and shares with Convivium why she answered the call to consecrated life.
As a child, I wanted to be famous. It wasn’t so much that I wanted to be well known or revered. Rather, I wanted my life to matter. In my limited childhood understanding, fame was the reward for a life that mattered.
These innocent childhood longings...
Sister Marie Azzarello returns to the birthplace of Marguerite Bourgeoys, Canada’s first schoolteacher and female saint.
In September 2011, I joined the sisters of my congregation on mission in Marguerite Bourgeoys' native city: Troyes, France. That moment began an adventure, an entry into new spaces — language, culture, country.
During my first year there, with Sister...