Becoming Apostolic - (Brill's Studies in Catholic Theology) by Catherine Sexton (Hardcover)

About the Book

Living fully till the end. This book uses Lectio Divina to analyse the lived experiences and theologies of ageing Roman Catholic sisters as they discuss the meaning of their religious vocation in a context where religious life is undergoing great change.

Book Synopsis

This book explores the experience and understanding of Roman Catholic sisters of their vocation to the apostolic form of religious life as they age.Based on interviews with twelve religious women, it draws on the practice of Lectio Divina to explore how these women describe their call to service and activity at a time in life when these might be curtailed by physical diminishment and increasingly reduced social interaction and influence.As the very institutions of religious life are themselves under threat, the book identifies new emerging forms of ministry through presence, to each other and to their carers.