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    The paper adds that Sr. Vernoica has also opened a house in the town of La Aguilera, 24 miles from Lerma, at a huge monastery donated by her Franciscan brothers." "It is an unexpected boom in vocations when the Jesuits have just 20 novices in all of Spain, the Franciscans, five, and the Vincentians, two. And its happening at a time when nuns are being imported from India, Kenya or Paraguay to prevent the closure of convents inhabited by elderly nuns, and when most of our priests are above the age of 60" the report indicated. Full Article at Catholic News Agency
    It is an unexpected boom in vocations when the Jesuits have just 20 novices in all of Spain, the Franciscans, five, and the Vincentians, two. And its happening at a time when nuns are being imported from India, Kenya or Paraguay to prevent the closure of convents inhabited by elderly nuns, and when most of our priests are above the age of 60
    SOURCE: Catholic News Agency 1 month ago
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Spanish cloistered nuns see surge in vocations
  1. an house open to those who knock on our door. We want to share our faith, to make known what is happening to us. And if they see Jesus in us, go ahead. Spain is so pagan that we need to share our faith, not live it alone. It is time to act.
    SOURCE: Catholic News Agency 1 month ago
  2. Nobody understood me. There were bets that it would not last, but they did not feel the force of the hurricane that drew me in ... I was a classic teenager looking for a way out ... and I made a decision in just 15 days.
    SOURCE: Catholic News Agency 1 month ago

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