{"id":1538,"date":"2012-07-25T07:00:23","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T11:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/thecc\/?p=1538"},"modified":"2012-07-25T14:26:05","modified_gmt":"2012-07-25T18:26:05","slug":"lack-of-support-for-womens-vocations-among-lay-catholics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/thecc\/2012\/07\/25\/lack-of-support-for-womens-vocations-among-lay-catholics\/","title":{"rendered":"(Lack of) Support for Women’s Vocations among Lay Catholics"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I mentioned in my last blog post<\/a>, women religious have been a popular topic of late, with numerous Catholics and non-Catholics alike expressing their support for nuns and sisters in the U.S. in wake of the LCWR doctrinal assessment and the “Nuns on the Bus” tour. \u00a0Despite the popularity of women religious\u00a0among\u00a0many Americans, data show a relative lack of support for \u00a0women’s religious vocations.\u00a0 Below, I provide a chart detailing attitudes of American Catholics with regards to encouraging young Catholic women to enter religious life.\u00a0 Data come from the Spring 2006 Contemporary Catholic Trends Survey<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Of interest is that only 23% of Catholics report being \u201cvery likely\u201d to encourage young women to enter a religious community.\u00a0 Given the immense support and gratitude Catholic women religious have received of late, it is interesting to note that less than a quarter of Catholics would be very likely to encourage a young women to enter religious life.\u00a0 Conversely, 41% of Catholics would be either somewhat unlikely or very unlikely to encourage a young woman to enter a religious community. Notably, this data comes before<\/span> media stories about the purported Catholic \u201cwar on women,\u201d seen here<\/a>\u00a0and here<\/a>. \u00a0Such findings accord with those in The Profession Class of 2010: Survey of Women Religious Professing Perpetual Vows<\/em>, <\/em>conducted by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate<\/a>, which found that two-thirds of responding women religious reported being discouraged from a religious vocation by one or more people.\u00a0\u00a0Furthermore, of women who professed final vows in 2010, more than half said that a parent or family member discouraged their religious calling\u00a0(see\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for a link to the study). \u00a0Despite being grateful for the work of women religious and coming out in support of them, Catholics seem reluctant to encourage young women to continue their work.<\/p>\n

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Question to consider:<\/p>\n

Would you consider encouraging a young Catholic woman to join a religious order today? \u00a0Why or why not?<\/p>\n

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