Best of Jesuitical: How a religious order decides it’s time to close up shop

This week, Jesuitical is bringing back a poignant yet hopeful conversation with Sister Donna Dodge, the president of the Sisters of Charity of New York, which recently decided to embark on a “path to completion.” That means the over 200-year-old congregation will no longer accept new vocations (though their ministry continues). We discuss:

- How religious life has changed since Sister Donna joined in 1966

- How the sisters discerned that it was time to let go—and how their charism of charity will live on in the work of lay collaborators

- Why the church needs to change the way it talks about “vocation” with young people

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