What impact did Vatican ll have on brothers and nuns?

Answer 1

As for Brothers, the idea was more or less to expand the roles of the versatile Church Non-coms- and to get them to perform more useful roles in youth ministry- some examples include Sunday school instructors, atheltic instructors and coaches- and a related role- Camp counselors. I once had a church brother as both a Sunday School instructor and a camp counselor- Brother Joe!- the Vatican II aimed at expanding the role of the male sub-clergy if you will- as there were many assignments which would not require an ordained Priest- the mechanic can do things the engineer can"t and so on.- Vatican II had an indirect impact on the Sisters, as some habits ( religious costumes) were modernized, some almost to the style of a travel hostess or even a female subway conductor ( some sisters of charity= blue business suit-dress without veil) there was, as with the Bros.- a tendency to get them out of overly-confin ed cloistered roles and into the community at large. None of this had any impact , sadly on the very real problem of Priestly child abuse!