Difficulties of permanent commitment in religious life today

Conclusion In this article I have not attempted to make any practical suggestions for the counselor. The possible choices for the individuals in these situations vary greatly; rather I hope I have been of some help to those counselors interested in gaining a better understanding of some of the theory and change dynamics behind the conflicts of their clients. As a concluding note I should point out that many of the dynamics analyzed inThe Greening of America (e.g., levels of consciousness and the difficulty of changing except through personal experience of certain values),⁴⁰ and inFuture Shock (e.g., the pain of constant, radical, and fast change)⁴¹ can certainly be applied to the changes going on in the church and in religious communities and the structure of the priesthood.Donald A. Price, m. ed., with a diploma in liturgical studies, St. André, Bruges, Belgium, has been Residence Hall Director at Wisconsin State University, Stevens Point, for the past two years. He has spent several years as a teacher and chaplain in a high school, in adult education, parish work, and counseling nuns. Having been ordained a Benedictine priest in 1965, he left the active ministry in 1969 and married a former nun in 1971. He is beginning his work toward a Ph.D. in marriage and family counseling at Florida State University, Tallahassee.