(Young) sisterhood is strong. (News: signs of the times).CHICAGO Chicago, city, United States Chicago (shĭkä`gō, shĭkô`gō), city (1990 pop. 2,783,726), seat of Cook co., NE Ill., on Lake Michigan; inc. 1837. -- While the average age of American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of nuns inches higher each year, that doesn't does·n't Contraction of does not. mean there aren't 20- and 30-something women joining the sisterhood--they're just a little harder to find. The next generation was out in full force, however, at a recent three-day gathering for young sisters. Almost 400 sisters age 50 and younger (along with 150 older sisters) took part in "Gathering Voices for the Future," a conference June 14-16 at Loyola University Chicago Beginnings and expansions Founded in 1870 as the St Ignatius College on Chicago's West Side. In 1908 the School of Law was established as the first of the professional programs. . The third and largest such gathering since three young sisters met over the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the in the 1990s, it was sponsored by 36 women's congregations and Giving Voice, a newsletter for younger nuns. Sister Kristin Matthes, S.N.D.deN., 36, one of the conference planners, told the National Catholic Reporter that young sisters can often become marginalized in their older communities. "We needed to get together to share ideas," she said. "I go home with challenges," said Sister Michele Kelly, S.N.D. of Cleveland. "But I am going home believing there is a future." |
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