{"id":6132,"date":"2016-04-15T06:41:58","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T11:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/?p=6132"},"modified":"2026-02-26T13:46:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T19:46:39","slug":"bridges-are-built-by-individuals-being-sister-across-the-divide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/2016\/04\/15\/bridges-are-built-by-individuals-being-sister-across-the-divide\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridges are built by individuals: Being sister across the divide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last summer, I sat in a small circle of with other sisters my age at the Giving Voice conference<\/a>. We were praying in silence, integrating the question our speakers had invited us to consider: What sort of borders do we desire to cross?<\/p>\n

In the quiet, I recalled a fear that had surfaced earlier, when I was discerning whether I wanted to make my final vows with my congregation<\/a>. What if, I wondered, dedicating myself to this particular way of living religious life made it look like I was only saying “yes” to a certain type of Catholicism? What if my yes was heard as a no to other lives and ways of being a woman religious?<\/p>\n

As I looked around this circle, I noticed that all of us looked like modern women; many of us wore capri pants, sandals and cross necklaces. I had a lot in common with these women, but I knew that…<\/p>\n

[This is the beginning of my latest column for the online newspaper,\u00a0<\/em>Global Sisters Report.<\/a>\u00a0Continue reading\u00a0here<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bridges are built by individuals: Being sister across the divide<\/a><\/blockquote>