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Religious order turns to the Internet for recruiting

By Clarke Canfield

 |  Associated Press  

  April 30, 2012

BIDDEFORD, Maine - When Sister Elaine Lachance devoted herself to a religious life straight out of high school in 1959, her religious order had more than a dozen convents in the US with nearly 260 sisters. Today, the Good Shepherd Sisters of Quebec, based in Canada, has just five convents in Maine and Massachusetts with 56 sisters. The youngest is 64 years old, and it’s been more than 20 years since a new member joined. Rather than leave the future of the convents to prayer and chance, Lachance has turned to the Internet.

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