SPIRITED THINKING SINCE 1888
Gavin Ashenden
religious life
Pope restricts bishops’ rights to approve diocesan religious communities
November 04, 2020
Local bishops must now receive express prior approval from Rome before recognising new communities of men and women religious.
Nuns open restaurant offering free food in London – named ‘Nundos’
October 19, 2017
The restaurant opened in Shoreditch as part of Channel 5's ‘Bad Habits, Holy Orders’ series
‘Party girls’ sent to live in convent for reality TV show
October 10, 2017
Sister Frances Ridler said the programme was an 'honest portrayal' of religious life and would be 'good for the Church'
Nearly half of those pondering religious life in the US have to pay off student debt first
July 14, 2017
Jesuits and Paulist Fathers are among the few orders who say they can pay off loans once entrants have been ordained
The nuns who have doctors baffled
December 08, 2016
Doctors are unable to explain why a nun's brain fully invaded with Alzheimer's kept functioning at a high level
Get thee from the nunnery
October 26, 2016
The Reformation may have caused women's religious roles to be set back centuries
The much-loved Sister who showed me that being a nun is a wonderful vocation
March 24, 2016
She never had any children, but as a dormitory mistress she lavished her maternal gifts on us
Young people bullied for following God’s call could embrace Elizabeth of the Trinity as their patron
March 07, 2016
Despite the pleas of her mother - and quite a few marriage proposals - Elizabeth refused to abandon her vocation
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