what do you think about "rockin' nuns"?

[DameAgnes]

Do you think it's usefully evangelistic or corny? Does anyone know anything about these nuns?  http://aleteia.org/2016/10/08/rocking-nun-group-siervas-new-video-sure-to-be-an-instant-hit/

[Spem in alium]

In my opion, it's a good witness (their joy is so clear) and they actually sound good -- so for me it's not corny. This is a great way to reach out to youth.

[nikita92]

Whatever it takes in this day in age, to evangelize (and appeal) to the younger generations!!...From my perspective...it seems, alot of youth are moving farther and farther away from religion period!

So...more power to em!   

Gee whiz question..are they "Nuns" or "Sisters" ? (I'm thinking "Sisters")

[Jack4]

I haven't read the linked things, nor have I seen videos; but I hope it's helpful outreach. Rockin' would appeal to many of us. Nonetheless, a senselessly radical modernisation is not only irreverent sacrilege to God, but also does nothing, absolutely nothing, to bring us closer to Him (if not drive us further away). This I say as a young adult. 

[Gabriela]

I think it can be good witness, and probably mostly is, but I also think there's a line. It's easy, IMO, for sisters in roles like this to "give in to the ways of the world". I remember when what's her face the Italian singing nun sang "Like a Virgin" and people lost their minds. I'm not sure what I think about that personally, but it's a case where evangelization bordered on scandal and no one was really sure where the line was. That doesn't mean, of course, that sisters shouldn't do this sort of thing, just because people might misunderstand or because there are no clear rules of thumb. All pioneers have to toe the "ways of the world" line in order to establish some kind of precedent that the rest of us can use as our safe guide later on. It's just a potentially very dangerous spiritual place for them to be in, I think.

Also, while I totally understand that such things are effective and maybe even necessary tools for evangelization, I also think it's damned sad that so many people are in a place where this is the sort of thing they need to be evangelized.

Anyway, I guess what it boils down to for me is this: Is the sister doing it because she's attached to worldly things and wants to be "cool", or because she wants to lift up a particular genre of music to God and/or use that genre to evangelize people? Hopefully it's always the latter, but I think that, given the culture of the music world, the former is probably always a risk.

[NadaTeTurbe]

6 hours ago, Gabriela said:

Anyway, I guess what it boils down to for me is this: Is the sister doing it because she's attached to worldly things and wants to be "cool", or because she wants to lift up a particular genre of music to God and/or use that genre to evangelize people? Hopefully it's always the latter, but I think that, given the culture of the music world, the former is probably always a risk.

It works with every music genre. A priest once told me about a nun's monastery where the harmony was destroyed when they became to register gregorian chants (the sisters who didn't sing well were forbidden to sing at office, asked to do "playback" because people came from all over the region to listen to them, the schola who registered the CD's was an elite who never mixed with the rest of the monastery, etc, etc...). 

[CountrySteve21]

I'm not sure how I feel about this. Having Christian themed rock music from a secular seems fine too me, but a Religious? I don't think it works or helps toward conversions. On the other hand you have saintly women like Teresa of Calcutta who simply lived the radical demands of the Gospel and that leads too conversions.

[Jack4]

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The proclamation of the word of God and young people

104. The Synod paid particular attention to the proclamation of God’s word to the younger generation. Young people are already active members of the Church and they represent its future. Often we encounter in them a spontaneous openness to hearing the word of God and a sincere desire to know Jesus. Youth is a time when genuine and irrepressible questions arise about the meaning of life and the direction our own lives should take. Only God can give the true answer to these questions. Concern for young people calls for courage and clarity in the message we proclaim; we need to help young people to gain confidence and familiarity with sacred Scripture so it can become a compass pointing out the path to follow.[341] Young people need witnesses and teachers who can walk with them, teaching them to love the Gospel and to share it, especially with their peers, and thus to become authentic and credible messengers.[342]

God’s word needs to be presented in a way that brings out its implications for each person’s vocation and assists young people in choosing the direction they will give to their lives, including that of total consecration to God.[343] Authentic vocations to the consecrated life and to the priesthood find fertile ground in a faith-filled contact with the word of God. I repeat once again the appeal I made at the beginning of my pontificate to open wide the doors to Christ: “If we let Christ into our lives, we lose nothing, nothing, absolutely nothing of what makes life free, beautiful and great. No! Only in this friendship are the doors of life opened wide. Only in this friendship is the great potential of human existence truly revealed. … Dear young people: do not be afraid of Christ! He takes nothing away and he gives you everything. When we give ourselves to him, we receive a hundredfold in return. Yes, open, open wide the doors to Christ – and you will find true life”.[344]

 

 

-Pope Benedict, Verbum Domini. Emphasis mine. 

[NadaTeTurbe]

9 hours ago, NadaTeTurbe said:

It works with every music genre. A priest once told me about a nun's monastery where the harmony was destroyed when they became to register gregorian chants (the sisters who didn't sing well were forbidden to sing at office, asked to do "playback" because people came from all over the region to listen to them, the schola who registered the CD's was an elite who never mixed with the rest of the monastery, etc, etc...). 

began, not became !