Re:  Contemplative orders look to new guidelines.

"More than a year after Pope Francis issued new guidelines for contemplative women religious, leaders of those communities are still working to figure out what changes will be required."  And that is because "the new norms will not take effect until the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life delivers instructions on how to implement them. There has not been any indication of when those instructions may be delivered."  The Pope issued the "new guidelines" in July 2016, but as of Nov. 2017 (this Conference) nothing has come out of the CICLSAL.  Anyone surprised?

I am confused by something else in the article:  "...when a community is approaching completion."  And "...as they slide into completion."  What is "completion?"  Is "completion" the end of the order because because the order is aging and doesn't have enough new young members to sustain it?