So reports the Kansas City Star. “Women still become nuns? Yes, they do. They are prayerful, community-minded, well-educated women like Rejane, working on her second master’s degree, and Jennifer, who has an MBA.”The following is the summary of about two such women celebrating as they pledge their life to God in the context of the Sisters of Chrity of Leavenworth..
“Nuns used to be a lot more visible. When they ran parish schools, Sisters of Charity lived in parish convents. But those days are gone, as are most of the convents that long ago were converted into classrooms and parish offices.
Today, Sisters of Charity live in the communities, some overseas, that they serve. In fact, only 66 of them live at the motherhouse in Leavenworth.
The majority of them live with as many as five other nuns in houses where they share household chores, such as cooking, cleaning and grocery shopping. They pray and go to church together, too.
Everything is communal, even the money. The salaries or stipends that the sisters receive from employers — such as schools, hospitals and social agencies — go directly into a “community fund.”
Each sister gets a small amount of “spending money” for clothes and personal items and entertainment such as going to the movies.”
