On Thursday afternoon on March 23rd, the delegation of the US Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR)  visited the UISG Headquarters to meet with about 50 sisters living in Rome to talk about the updates of the Conference and its future projects.

The LCWR, founded in 1956, has about 1350 members, who represent approximately 67 percent of the nearly 39,000 women religious in the United States.

After the opening words by Sr Pat Murray, IBVM, UISG Executive Secretary, Sr Carol Zinn, SSJ stated that the LCWR is going through a process of change. “LCWR starts using the language that is meant to transform consciousness and heart. We are doing this in two ways: by paying attention to the needs of the world and and by asking ourselves: what do Women Religious have to offer the world today?

Before taking some questions from the audience, sr Carol Zinn reflected on the future of the religious life in the US: “In the US, historically, the congregations are very big – that historical, institutional big structure is coming to an end. I want to reassure you that religious life in LCWR is alive and well! What is coming to an end is the historical structures, so that religious life is becoming small. Facing this changing reality, the LCWR is in the process of creating the support system. My hope is that we can do this journey of transformation together.”

Visit the website of LCWR