Verdachtsmomente bestätigt.
Verdachtsmomente ist der falsche Ausdruck. Religionswissenschaftler wie Dr. Blume (Uni Heidelberg bzw. Leipzig) beobachten schon länger, seit sie demografisches Material auswerten, dass gerade Verbindlichkeit in einer Religion ganz besonders von jungen Menschen und Menschen, die Familien gründen, also Kinder haben, geschätzt und als attraktiv empfunden wird. Warum sollte es in Ordensgemeinschaften und Priesterseminaren also anders aussehen?
Eine Studie, veröffentlicht auf der New York Times, bestätigt diesen Zusammenhang ebenfalls.
Man hat dazu über 62.000 junge Nonnen, Mönche und Priester gefragt und festgestellt, dass den meisten Zulauf Orden haben, die die traditionelle Gebetspraxis befolgen und Habit tragen, während die anderen Nachwuchssorgen plagen:
"Ninety-one percent of nuns and 75 percent of priests are 60 or older, and most of the rest are at least 50.
They are the generation defined by the Second Vatican Council, of the 1960s, which modernized the church and many of its religious orders. Many nuns gave up their habits, moved out of convents, earned higher educational degrees and went to work in the professions and in community service. The study confirms what has long been suspected: that these more modern religious orders are attracting the fewest new members."
“We’ve heard anecdotally that the youngest people coming to religious life are distinctive, and they really are,” said Sister Mary Bendyna, executive director of the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate. “They’re more attracted to a traditional style of religious life, where there is community living, common prayer, having Mass together, praying the Liturgy of the Hours together. They are much more likely to say fidelity to the church is important to them. And they really are looking for communities where members wear habits.”
[via New Liturgical Movement] und [via Anna Arco auf Twitter]
Eine Studie, veröffentlicht auf der New York Times, bestätigt diesen Zusammenhang ebenfalls.
Man hat dazu über 62.000 junge Nonnen, Mönche und Priester gefragt und festgestellt, dass den meisten Zulauf Orden haben, die die traditionelle Gebetspraxis befolgen und Habit tragen, während die anderen Nachwuchssorgen plagen:
"Ninety-one percent of nuns and 75 percent of priests are 60 or older, and most of the rest are at least 50.
They are the generation defined by the Second Vatican Council, of the 1960s, which modernized the church and many of its religious orders. Many nuns gave up their habits, moved out of convents, earned higher educational degrees and went to work in the professions and in community service. The study confirms what has long been suspected: that these more modern religious orders are attracting the fewest new members."
“We’ve heard anecdotally that the youngest people coming to religious life are distinctive, and they really are,” said Sister Mary Bendyna, executive director of the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate. “They’re more attracted to a traditional style of religious life, where there is community living, common prayer, having Mass together, praying the Liturgy of the Hours together. They are much more likely to say fidelity to the church is important to them. And they really are looking for communities where members wear habits.”
[via New Liturgical Movement] und [via Anna Arco auf Twitter]
ElsaLaska - 11. Aug, 22:33
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