comment 2 - Kochurani Abraham on religious life

"The present apostolic model of institutionalized religious life ... is breaking down. It will either die off or emerge in new forms.  There have been clear signs of this transition in the West during the past few decades. It does not mean the institutional religious life has no future, but it will have a witness value only if it becomes prophetic."

"We see individual religious and small groups who maintain their commitment through networking and participation in the struggle for justice, human rights and environment. These are new expressions of religious life. For example, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious of the United States... stands for justice in the church and society. It promotes women's spiritual and theological assertions as expression of a prophetic religious commitment, despite coming under the church hierarchy scanner."

I think this is important in re-visioning what a future committed religious life could be.