2000 HORIZON No. 2 -- Religious life in the new millennium

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Editor's Note

Religious life in the new millennium - Applying our crystal ball to religious life

By Carol Schuck Scheiber

My son, Joey, has a crystal ball that talks. Well, okay, it’s plastic, but it really does answer your questions out loud. Read more...

An open letter to vocation ministers about our future

By Mary Waskowiak R.S.M.

Dear sisters and brothers in vocation ministry, Read more...

Creating a hopeful future for religious life

By John Klein F.M.S.

Several years ago former New York Mayor Ed Koch bemoaned that “…there are so few people who are fierce about anything.”1 Today we are challenged to be on fire, fierce, for the Mission of Christ, for that is our call as religious. Read more...

Portrait of emerging religious communities in the United States

By Sr. Patricia Wittberg S.C.

The current population of emerging religious communities and lay movements is a dynamic and changing one. The data for this report were gathered between mid-1998 and early 1999. Read more...

Effective vocation ministry in an increasingly multicultural church

By Robert Schreiter C.PP.S.

It is no secret that the ethnic composition of the United States is changing. Although English is the dominant language in the United States, the flow of immigrants from Latin America has now made the U. Read more...

Recentering on the vows lived in community

By Fr. Michael J. Himes

Father Michael J. Himes claims he “hasn’t a clue” about what religious life will look like in the new millennium. Read more...

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