01 April 2026

The Empty Convent: 8 Reasons Why Women Have Abandoned The Catholic Sisterhood

From Purely Catholic


In 1965, there were 188,000 Catholic religious sisters in the USA. Today, that number has fallen by 82%. We already knew vocations were declining for priests and monks as well, but not nearly at the same level as nuns. So why is this? What has changed over the last 60 years to cause such a dramatic shift? Let’s find out in this video.

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