Why are Gen Z gals visiting monasteries for a lil' peace and quiet?
Laura DeMaria
This morning I was on Morning Air on Relevant Radio discussing the trend, shared first on Tik Tok, that Gen Z women are seeking out monasteries for their summer vacations. Why? They just want a little peace and quiet already! You can listen to the conversation here, starting at 19:32,
My favorite parts of this conversation were talking about what a younger, secular generation might learn from the witness of other women committed to a religious path for their life, and how good food and good conversation are great evangelization tools. Really. I was talking to someone recently: I hear about people who have these profound conversion experiences while at adoration, for example, or because they just get the Eucharist at a deep soul level, and ta-da, they are on the path to becoming Catholic. Not me! It took heart ache and prayer, but also, an appreciation of just the rhythms, rules, and traditions of the Church to make a revert of me. And one of the things I have enjoyed the most is the aspect of the church that says - celebrate! We are human, after all, and we have human needs, which includes community. So, these. young ladies are finding it. And silence, to boot. That is the genius of this faith: it just gets humans (because Jesus gets humans. I imagine, in part, because he became one).