For Gen Z Women, It’s the Summer of Silence

For Gen Z Women, It’s the Summer of Silence

Clockwise from left: Chapel of St. Bernard Abbey in Alabama; Sacred Heart statue at St. Bernard Abbey; a Mary statue on the grounds of Mepkin Abbey’s retreat center in South Carolina, and prayer time in the chapel at Covecrest, in Tiger, Georgia. A few years ago, Harvard University found that growing numbers of adults from Generation Z were identifying as Catholic. In the spring, waves of Gen Z converts flocked to the Catholic Church. Now, this …