HopefulBride Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Two of the SMMC sisters left to begin a new community in Santa Rosa, CA and like the SMMCs they are very marian based and will have the mass in both forms. How wonderful is that??? Their website is not up yet but they do have a Facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Marian-Sisters-of-Santa-Rosa/222352604480143 Please keep them in your prayers, that they may get many many vocations. Anyone who thinks they might have a call to this community should definitely contact them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MargaretTeresa Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totally Franciscan Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 HopefulBride, do you know anything about this community? What kind of ministry do they do? Is there work different from the SMMC's? Gosh, I am just full of questions tonight. I live fairly close to Santa Rosa and would like to know more about them. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faithcecelia Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Maybe its just because we don't really see it over here, but lovely though they seem, I do find it a little odd how many stand alone communities there are. I guess I don't really understand why, if they are basically following almost the same charism, they don't just make a foundation and stay within the same congregation? I really do think there is something to be said about having that unity, sharing formation skills, identifying with the same habit, having other communities to call on for help and advice, etc. Each community would still develop its own 'feel', there would just be a more solid foundation. But thats just my opinion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inperpetuity Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 How beautiful! I can see from the description on their facebook page that they do have a different charism from their old community. When the Holy Spirit gives a charism, it's hard to ignore Him I would think. The approval of Bishop Vasa would seem to confirm it because it is just not easy to find a bishop to approve new communities especially more traditional ones. I live near the SMMC's and can see the difference just from looking at the pictures although what is seen looks similiar to their former community. The pictures of the beautiful chapel on their FB page looks like it might be a Carmelite chapel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasmi Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 [quote name='HopefulBride' timestamp='1314576949' post='2296628'] Two of the SMMC sisters left to begin a new community in Santa Rosa, CA and like the SMMCs they are very marian based and will have the mass in both forms. How wonderful is that??? Their website is not up yet but they do have a Facebook page. [url="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Marian-Sisters-of-Santa-Rosa/222352604480143"]http://www.facebook....222352604480143[/url] Please keep them in your prayers, that they may get many many vocations. Anyone who thinks they might have a call to this community should definitely contact them. [/quote] I just read the SMMC's story of how they came to be. What a beautiful story. God bless them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thijs Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Now there are three of them from that schismatic community; Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Church then Sisters of Mary, Mother of Our Savior in Michigan and now Marian Sisters of Santa Rosa. God bless them for more vocations. Bishop Vasa needs them to reform the Church in Santa Rosa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissylou Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 [quote name='faithcecelia' timestamp='1314603929' post='2296810'] Maybe its just because we don't really see it over here, but lovely though they seem, I do find it a little odd how many stand alone communities there are. I guess I don't really understand why, if they are basically following almost the same charism, they don't just make a foundation and stay within the same congregation? I really do think there is something to be said about having that unity, sharing formation skills, identifying with the same habit, having other communities to call on for help and advice, etc. Each community would still develop its own 'feel', there would just be a more solid foundation. But thats just my opinion! [/quote] I am guessing that this "let's set off and do our own thing!" may be a particularly American tendency, and that happens less often in Europe. Which could be an illustration of how the Church works together as a whole. Some cultures emphasize more stability and continuity. Some cultures emphasize more "God is doing a new thing here and now!" Either one alone can get pretty messy pretty quick. When they all interplay, something wonderful can happen. Hopefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaPetiteSoeur Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 [quote name='MichaelKoenigTalidong' timestamp='1314708237' post='2297470'] Now there are three of them from that schismatic community; Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Church then Sisters of Mary, Mother of Our Savior in Michigan and now Marian Sisters of Santa Rosa. God bless them for more vocations. Bishop Vasa needs them to reform the Church in Santa Rosa [/quote] When I searched the Sisters of Mary, Mother of Our Savior, I ended up finding the Daughters of Mary, Mother of our Savior. Pretty cool order and I'd never heard of them before! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlySunshine Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 (edited) [quote name='LaPetiteSoeur' timestamp='1314727575' post='2297562'] When I searched the Sisters of Mary, Mother of Our Savior, I ended up finding the Daughters of Mary, Mother of our Savior. Pretty cool order and I'd never heard of them before! [/quote] Unfortunately, the Daughters of Mary, Mother of Our Savior are not in communion with the Church. They are sedevacantists and believe that the Pope's chair is vacant and that Pope Benedict XVI is not the real pope. It really is a shame because they have such a beautiful charism and apostolate. We must pray for their reunion with Rome. This is from their website: [quote][font="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][font="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size="2"][color="#333333"][color="#003366"][b]Our congregation requires that a candidate:[/b][/color] 1) Have the proper spiritual, mental, and physical abilities to practice with regularity the austerities and other observances of religious life. 2) Have sufficient virtue, a desire to seek evangelical perfection, and the ability to accept and apply corrections. 3) Be free from any debts which they are unable to satisfy. 4) Be single. [b]5) Belong to the traditional Catholic Faith and not be associated with the Novus Ordo Church, schismatic groups, or groups with doubtful sacraments.[/b] 6) Have graduated from high school and be under thirty-five years of age. [/color][/size][/font][/font][/quote] Edited August 30, 2011 by MaterMisericordiae Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopefulBride Posted August 30, 2011 Author Share Posted August 30, 2011 When the original 15 sisters left the schismatic community the only thing they knew for sure was that the Lord was calling them to unity with the Church. 10 stayed and started the SMMC community, 4 went on to found Sisters of Our lady of Divine Grace (I always seem to get the name wrong) 1 is in the lay state still discerning. What the SMMC sisters shared with me was that they are in a way still discerning as it is with any new community within its first few years. One thing that is common among all three communities is their devotion to our lady. Each have a charism that has been given by the Holy spirit and they followed it. I am sure the same could have been said about Mother Assumpta and the DSMMEs when she first began the foundation. "If she is going to have a dominican community why not remain as part of the NDs" or even the same for the SSEW; but they had a stirring from the Holy Spirit and they listened and followed. I pray that they continue to be guided by the Holy Spirit and may they get many vocations. sorry for the lack of capitalization and spelling errors but my finger is sprained and typing hurts a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopefulBride Posted August 30, 2011 Author Share Posted August 30, 2011 (edited) [quote name='LaPetiteSoeur' timestamp='1314727575' post='2297562'] When I searched the Sisters of Mary, Mother of Our Savior, I ended up finding the Daughters of Mary, Mother of our Savior. Pretty cool order and I'd never heard of them before! [/quote] LP, here is the link to the other community that stemmed from the original 15 who came in union with Rome [url="http://www.sistersmdg.org/"]http://www.sistersmdg.org/[/url] they are the sisters of our Mother of Divine Grace. Edited August 30, 2011 by HopefulBride Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaPetiteSoeur Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 [quote name='LaPetiteSoeur' timestamp='1314727575' post='2297562'] When I searched the Sisters of Mary, Mother of Our Savior, I ended up finding the Daughters of Mary, Mother of our Savior. Pretty cool order and I'd never heard of them before! [/quote] [quote name='MaterMisericordiae' timestamp='1314728239' post='2297566'] Unfortunately, the Daughters of Mary, Mother of Our Savior are not in communion with the Church. They are sedevacantists and believe that the Pope's chair is vacant and that Pope Benedict XVI is not the real pope. It really is a shame because they have such a beautiful charism and apostolate. We must pray for their reunion with Rome. This is from their website: [/quote] WOW! I had no idea from their site. That's awful. Prayers they return to the Church! Sorry about promoting an order not in union with the Church, guys. I had no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlySunshine Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 [quote name='LaPetiteSoeur' timestamp='1314736957' post='2297605'] WOW! I had no idea from their site. That's awful. Prayers they return to the Church! Sorry about promoting an order not in union with the Church, guys. I had no idea. [/quote] That's OK. You didn't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiara Francesco Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 [quote name='HopefulBride' timestamp='1314576949' post='2296628'] Two of the SMMC sisters left to begin a new community in Santa Rosa, CA and like the SMMCs they are very marian based and will have the mass in both forms. How wonderful is that??? Their website is not up yet but they do have a Facebook page. [url="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Marian-Sisters-of-Santa-Rosa/222352604480143"]http://www.facebook....222352604480143[/url] Please keep them in your prayers, that they may get many many vocations. Anyone who thinks they might have a call to this community should definitely contact them. [/quote] Beautiful habits. Nice to see a new community in a full habit and not use that generic veil that some many new used and established communities have changed to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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