Evolving Religious Life

A group gathered for a prayer service at the House of Discernment is pictured in a photo. The house is located in the Millvale suburb of Pittsburgh. (Courtesy of Caryn Crook)

House of Discernment blends vocations and intercongregational community

Four vowed religious women are helping others to discern, offering opportunities for prayer and reflection through the House of Discernment in Pittsburgh, which also provides a unique form of intentional community.

Julie A. Ferraro

As US congregations shrink, associates contemplate a future independent of sisters

By Dan Stockman

Elderly sisters and laypeople share housing, community in French béguinage

By Elisabeth Auvillain

The Sisters of the Earth Community at Green Mountain Monastery and Thomas Berry Sanctuary is in Greensboro, Vt. The 160-acre site includes the monastery's main house, shown from the back. The sculpture, St. Francis and the Birds by artist Frederick Franck, honors Fr. Thomas Berry. (GSR photo/Gail DeGeorge)

Faith

Sisters of the Earth Community focuses on 'largest pro-life issue' — the Earth

By Gail DeGeorge

Evolving Religious Life

House of Discernment blends vocations and intercongregational community

As US congregations shrink, associates contemplate a future independent of sisters

Elderly sisters and laypeople share housing, community in French béguinage

Sisters of the Earth Community focuses on 'largest pro-life issue' — the Earth

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