Blogging Nuns

[Sister Rose Therese]

[quote name='shortnun' post='1398851' date='Oct 7 2007, 02:02 PM']I'd like to propose that there ought to be a connection b/w a community's charism and whether or not they blog. In other words, I know many Daughters of St. Paul have blogs--they link to them on their website. Seeing as their charism mediates God's work through the media, I think it's a wonderful "apostolate" of sorts for the sisters to be involved in. Also, the Georgetown Visitation sisters have a blog and try to stick to only updating it on Sundays--and this I think is an indication of how they live in the healthy tension b/w apostolic and monastic life. But if a Missionary of Charity (a community who specifically choses to not even have a website) started a blog, I'd be slightly befuddled (not to say I wouldn't read it). In the end, I'm in agreement with STLmom- a regularly updated website beats a blog any day.[/quote]

Good to know. Thank you both. We had put a discussion page on our website, and it really hasn't had much of a response. I had wondered whether having a blog would work better, but it isn't quite the same thing. I know people can put in comments, but they don't automatically show up. Looking at the other blogs that are listed here, well they seem to have someting that I lack, the ability to write interesting things on the spur of the moment. I don't think we even have a Sister right now who would have the time to take up something like that. I'll take you advice and just work at keeping the website up-to-date.
Thanks so much.

[stlmom]

Speaking of the Daughters of St. Paul, here is another of their many blogs, featuring community updates:

[url="http://insideourcommunity.blogspot.com/"]Inside our Community[/url]

There are some pictures of a 1st profession ceremony from this summer, if you scroll down near the bottom of the page.

[Carolyn]

Yaay! Thanks, stlmom! I never really read much about the Daughters of St. Paul, so I don't know much about their charism. Not for long!

[Saint Therese]

Actually, one of the sisters on the blog, Sr. Mary Joseph, was my vocation contact when she was in the convent in San Antonio.

[Shana]

Another Daughter of St. Paul, my friend Sr. Helena Burns has a great blog! Very funny, Theology of the Body, movie reviews ect! [url="http://hellburns.blogspot.com"]http://hellburns.blogspot.com[/url]