Three women in capri pants lounge on wicker chairs in an enclosed porch within sight of the sea. One has pierced ears, another has dyed hair, the third is wearing a T-shirt with a Winston cigarette logo.
They don’t look like nuns. But the dress code changed significantly after Vatican II. And besides, these sisters are on retreat here at St. Mary-by-the-Sea in Cape May Point, N.J.

This place is increasingly popular among laity for whom spirituality has supplanted religion — even among secular members of the Jewish community.

Click here for the whole article written byDianna Marder for The Philadelphia Inquire

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