PALMYRA, Pa. (AP) — It was a radical idea, and for many years she had been resistant. But as Zoey Stapleton, 24, walked down a darkened hiking trail, steps behind her parents, she counted back from three and “took a leap of faith,” revealing to them that she wanted to become a nun. And though there were moments of silence that evening in the woods just over a year ago, the news of her decision — and eventual acceptance into a religious institute…

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Young nuns: Two diverse paths to a rare life of faith

Born in Ghana, Sister Seyram Mary Adzokpa had never encountered a nun until adulthood

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Fewer than 1% of nuns in the U.S. today are under 30. Those who do enter into a religious vocation give up many trappings of modern life — dating, material

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Less than 1% of Catholic nuns in the United States today are 30 or younger. Seyram Adzokpa and Zoey Stapleton are two of the young women who have made the rare decision to join a religious community and begin the long process to become nuns. Here are their stories.

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Less than 1% of nuns in the United States today are 30 or younger. That number has remained steady in the past decade but shows little signs of increasing. Between 100 and 200 young women enter into a religious vocation each year in the U.S.

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PALMYRA, Pa. (AP) — It was a radical idea, and for many years she had been resistant.

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Less than 1% of nuns in the United States today are 30 or younger. That number has remained steady in the past decade but shows little signs of increasing. Between 100 and 200 young women enter into a religious vocation each year in the U.S., and not all of them will complete the process to become a nun. For those who do, they are giving up many trappings of modern life — dating, material wealth and sometimes even cell phones and fashionable clo…

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Less than 1% of Catholic nuns in the United States today are 30 or younger. Seyram Adzokpa and Zoey Stapleton are two of the young women who have made the rare decision to join a religious community and begin the long process to become nuns. Here are their stories.  From Ghana to Texas to a New Orleans convent The first time Sister Seyram Mary Adzokpa felt pulled toward religious life was walking in a Texas Walmart, at the age…

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Young nuns: Two diverse paths to a rare life of faith - The Morning Sun

Associated Press Less than 1% of nuns in the United States today are 30 or younger. That number has remained steady in the past decade but shows little signs of increasing.  Between 100 and 200 young women enter into a religious vocation each year in the U.S., and not all of them will complete the process to become a nun.  For those who do, they are giving up many trappings of modern life — dating, material wealth and sometimes even cell phones …

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