Facebook has its downsides (cat memes, really accurate personality tests based on favorite movie quotes), but one of the things I appreciate about it is that I can see what is interesting to friends and family. I recently came across a shared post from a friend trying to help a recent college graduate pursue a post-college vocation. The graduate is a Catholic woman who wants to be a nun and dedicate her life to serving Jesus through that calling.
But here’s the catch. She and her parents have $75,000 in college loans and she can’t join the order until those are paid for. And that is after she had a full-tuition scholarship to her private school in an area with a relatively low cost of living. Her parents have three other children to put through school so she says they can’t afford to take on paying off everything. She is using a crowdfunding site to raise the $75,000 from others so that she can start on the path this fall to becoming a nun.
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