Monday, March 9, 2015

Angela Svec: Too Pretty to Be a Nun?

People are baffled that my exterior -- a 27-year-old who used to work at Clinique and peruses Pinterest for fashion inspiration -- could reflect an interior longing for consecrated life and its seemingly antiquated vows of celibacy, poverty and obedience. Their questions have forced me to confront my self-image.

Read more: Catholic Church, Catholic Nuns, Body Image, Women and Body Image, Angelina Jolie, St. Catherine University, National-Catholic-Sisters-Week, Religion News

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