Order of Mercy friars

Why I said “no” to a religious community

The email was simple. A sister was asking me what we charge for advertising for one of the youth websites we maintain. Of course, it’s always good news to hear that people need us. Almost always. I was curious about her religious community, and so I checked out their...

Sisters go high tech to recruit

Audra Turnbull is 23 and plans to enter religious life in a community in Monroe, MI. She finds the Catholic faith awkward — which really means awesome — in her vocabulary. “I’m writing this blog to look into the awkwardness, meaning awesomeness, that is...