tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post26785872018643944..comments2024-03-28T09:14:32.869-04:00Comments on southern orders: THE SINGING NUNS: WHAT WOULD THEY BE IN BLUE JEANS RATHER THAN HABITS?Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-49991024802149162842017-09-24T13:19:53.916-04:002017-09-24T13:19:53.916-04:00
I listened to some Youtube videos of Siervas. The...<br />I listened to some Youtube videos of Siervas. The recordings and performances are of a very high standard and professional quality. While it is not my preference in the kind of music that interests me, these sisters can definitely sing and play. Might this prompt some of their listeners to consider a religious vocation? One can hope and pray, but at the very least it gives them something to listen to that is a much better alternative to what else in popular music is out there and available for them to listen to.<br /><br /><br />Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809499822558662728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-31038735204071930272017-09-23T18:08:54.601-04:002017-09-23T18:08:54.601-04:00'Latin pop and rock'? Had me wondering for...'Latin pop and rock'? Had me wondering for a moment.<br /><br />Seriously, there is nothing at all wrong with adapting non-liturgical religious texts to up-beat musical styles. I remember Boney M having a hit 30 years ago with 'By the Rivers of Babylon'. The same goes for gospel choirs. As the Salvation Army said in the 19th century, why should the Devil have all the best tunes?<br /><br />The caveat here is 'non-liturgical'.<br /><br />By the way, the Benedictine monks at Pluscarden have a 'working habit' which looks remarkably like blue jeans and a hoodie. They do not wear it in choir!John Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027156691859606002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-69905100713013881612017-09-23T14:13:53.448-04:002017-09-23T14:13:53.448-04:00except Vatican Disaster II did not say, abandon th...except Vatican Disaster II did not say, abandon the habit but potentially update it.Quite frankly, the habit showed a certain esprit de corps and was counter-cultural, a very powerful witness in a secular world. These old nuns who abandoned the habit generally look like old sad sacks who inspire nothing. THey certainly aren't attracting novices. The order which taught me, a so-called international order, had ZERO novices last year. Africa and Asia is keeping the order on life supportTJMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-35004593690623643042017-09-23T12:47:40.712-04:002017-09-23T12:47:40.712-04:00Who am I to judge another's spirituality? Whil...Who am I to judge another's spirituality? While some might feel comfortable in religious attire, others might find it an obstacle to their faith. That doesn't say that I was a big fan of the seculazation of religion, but I often think of blue jeans and a hoodie as a valid Franciscan habitat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-36378147635116062812017-09-23T10:17:49.092-04:002017-09-23T10:17:49.092-04:00But, but, the "liberals" told us nuns we...But, but, the "liberals" told us nuns wearing habits were joyless, subservient creatures. The joyless, but dissident, creatures can be found today in women's religious orders who abandoned the habit and are dying out.TJMnoreply@blogger.com