Sister Barbara Sudol Csfn

Midlife Magnificat and Thereafter: Thoughts on Religious Life Sister Barbara Sudol Csfn

Dante's allegorical dark wood" has familiarsymbolism to those of us who walk its path throughour midlife and older years especially in religiouslife. We are still in our prime but we have passedthrough many stages in our biological emotional andpsychological lives some happy times and some timesduring which we have wandered in a "dark wood."Likewise our religious lives have seen much renewaland many adaptations. Now situated in the 21stcentury we stand poised waiting for religious lifeto transform itself to meet the needs of our ownmembership as well as those of the people whom weserve. I offer this book to all who celebratecommunity in religious life as well as to those whothink of religious life as a viable option forthemselves. Let your own Magnificat resound."