MK and I attended a Mother/Daughter retreat in May at the Schoenstatt retreat center in Schoenstatt, Germany. MK was most impressed by all of the Sisters she saw. We attended Mass at the Adoration Church with about 300 Schoenstatt Sisters. We sat near the front and during the whole Mass, she kept looking behind and smiling at all the nuns. This was an amazing site for her to see!
The interesting thing about Schoenstatt Sisters is that they are a secular society and do not take Consecrated Vows. Instead, they take Secular vows and are thus not really "nuns" but secular sisters. They can leave the order at anytime they wish but few do. These women just glowed with joy!
When it was time to leave, MK did not want to. She asked Sister Angela, our guide, how old do you have to be to a nun. Well, its still a toss-up between being a nun and having three children someday!
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