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Have nuns taken up the blogging habit?

July 12th, 2008 Posted in blogging

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I am being stalked by nuns. It is Catholic World Youth Day in Sydney next week and the Pope will be coming to town, thus Sydney is starting to fill up with Catholic pilgrims from around the world including lots of nuns. In a city where it is rare to see a nun to now seeing them everywhere is very strange. It feels like I have stepped into a parallel Catholic world. But there is one group of nuns who I swear are stalking me. They are a group of young nuns from Tennessee who got on my bus the other morning to travel into the City. We said hello and chatted briefly about Catholic World Youth Day. Now, I keep seeing them everywhere - in a city full of nuns. It is starting to freak me out and I think I am being to develop a touch of cloisterphobia.

Seeing all these young nuns around town got me wondering about whether these nuns are blogging about their lives and in particular if we have any blogger nuns attending World Youth Day.

A quick search has revealed the blog and twitter of Sister Julie who writes A Nun’s Life where she talks about what it is like to be a nun and runs a forum for those interested in taking up the vocation. It is an absolutely fascinating read. Did you know that there is a difference between a nun and a sister?

A young Aussie nun Sister Sarah blogs over at The Nun Thing where she has a fantastic post entitled Sometimes it is embarassing to be Catholic where she, like the rest of the citizens of Sydney, questions the logic of the annoyance law in place for WYD. I am glad to see Catholics feel the same way that the rest of do about this idiotic law.

This is what I love about blogging, the fact that so many people from so many walks of life take part in it. A simple Google search can uncover blogs that let you see the world from someone else’s point of view and in doing so can change the way you view others.