An interesting project. The millenials can learn to slow down and look inwards and the nuns can polish up their image. I don't think this is going to change much with the declining numbers because...
An interesting project. The millenials can learn to slow down and look inwards and the nuns can polish up their image. I don't think this is going to change much with the declining numbers because religion is simply going out of fashion in the west. The church itself isn't doing a very good job at attracting new followers with their current and ongoing "image problem", including the fact that it didn't do much to modernize.
People today look at Buddhism especially with fondness because of it's absence of deity worship. It offers much of the same advice that other religions provide without that whole baggage of gods. It still manages to be weird in it's own ways, but that's often overlooked by westerners interested in it.
Most of Europe today expects the projects the Sisters of Mercy provide to come from the state. But Americans have ...issues trusting the government. I don't think their mission is quite over, but it could be if no one signs up.
An interesting project. The millenials can learn to slow down and look inwards and the nuns can polish up their image. I don't think this is going to change much with the declining numbers because religion is simply going out of fashion in the west. The church itself isn't doing a very good job at attracting new followers with their current and ongoing "image problem", including the fact that it didn't do much to modernize.
People today look at Buddhism especially with fondness because of it's absence of deity worship. It offers much of the same advice that other religions provide without that whole baggage of gods. It still manages to be weird in it's own ways, but that's often overlooked by westerners interested in it.
Most of Europe today expects the projects the Sisters of Mercy provide to come from the state. But Americans have ...issues trusting the government. I don't think their mission is quite over, but it could be if no one signs up.