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Related: About this forumNuns & Nones helps millennials find surprise soulmates in Catholic sisters
From the article:
The Sunday night (July 7) meeting, known as Sisters & Seekers, is one of about a dozen gatherings across the country affiliated with Nuns & Nones, a growing alliance connecting Catholic women religious, most of whom are over 60, with 20- and 30-something millennials, many of whom identify as religious nones.....
We millennials have so much hunger for spaces of community, belonging, meaning, depth, and we arent finding that in our social media. We arent finding that often as we move city to city. And so to be able to find that with these Catholic sisters who hold wisdom of their traditions from centuries is a gift for us to be able to translate that into our own life....
Theres no proselytizing at the meetings. And the sisters arent looking for their millennial friends to join their order or to seek out a religious vocation. Instead, they want to build bridges between beliefs and generations, something Gordon calls a welcome antidote for our time.
To read more:
https://religionnews.com/2019/07/11/nuns-nones-helps-millennials-find-surprise-soulmates-in-catholic-sisters/
I belong to a number of groups. Some are groups of religious progressives, and some have no religious theme. But all of the groups are united in that we are al progressive.
And people do need that personal direct connection.
Karadeniz
(23,424 posts)optimism.
guillaumeb
(42,649 posts)They recognize a common interest, and the need for connectedness, and as the article states, the religious Sisters are not trying to convert anyone.
edhopper
(34,836 posts)guillaumeb
(42,649 posts)Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)and I have hound that connection and community in social media. The problem with our time isn't that we're disconnected by technology, it's that we're in a constant existential crisis that the world may legitimately end (or pass the tipping point) within our lifetime.
guillaumeb
(42,649 posts)But the problem, for me anyway, is that social media interactions are not the same as actual relationships. It is far too easy to attack people, and to insult in the limited and "bloodless" arena of the internet.
One phrase that is frequently misused is "existential crisis", but as you note, climate change is an existential crisis, as is the threat of nuclear conflict.
But in my view, these type of interactions are useful and to be encouraged.