Rather than quote books or theorize about religious life, we preferred to hear directly from those who are living it today, here, in our setting. In any profession or vocation, after all, it is those who live it who know it best.
We were blessed to get personal answers from eleven religious—a Bishop, four Sisters, three Brothers, two Priests and a Theology student. We also got frank and sensible feedback from a laywoman and a layman, both of whom know women and men religious from close quarters and for long. Their friendly feedback will appear in later issues of MAGNET. Here we present the “insiders’ views” that we received.
We sent each of them the following eight questions. In replying, most followed the same order. A few made slight changes.
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