photosynthesis Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 does anyone have any information about which religious orders are getting the most vocations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaustinaVianney Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 From what I read at least of the women's..Dominicans are getting a huge handful of the vocations. All Dominicans even the cloisters are filling up. Now, cloisters are not as numerous as the Sisters, but they are still filling up for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pio Nono Posted May 16, 2004 Share Posted May 16, 2004 JMJ 5/16 - Sixth Sunday of Easter The [url="http://www.fathersofmercy.com"]Fathers of Mercy[/url] are the fastest-growing order for men per capita. They have forty priests (thereabouts) and ten seminarians, with a few novices, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusader_4 Posted May 16, 2004 Share Posted May 16, 2004 Per capita but what is the largest overall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sista2b Posted May 16, 2004 Share Posted May 16, 2004 the sisters i'm entering have grown from 4 to 45 in 7 years. I don't really know of ne others though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.SIGGA Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 Legionaries of Christ and Fathers of Mercy ... and I think the LOC has many many more seminarians and brothers than priests because the seminary formation period is 12 to 14 yrs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qfnol31 Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 (edited) [quote name='FaustinaVianney' date='Apr 30 2004, 07:41 AM'] From what I read at least of the women's..Dominicans are getting a huge handful of the vocations. All Dominicans even the cloisters are filling up. Now, cloisters are not as numerous as the Sisters, but they are still filling up for them. [/quote] Last I heard the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia in Nashville, TN were the fastest growing women's order...as for the men...I've heard rumors, but can't say anything. Edited May 19, 2004 by qfnol31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_rev Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 Thy Kingdom Come! Tuesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time The order I will be joining in a few years, The Legion of Christ, founded by Fr. Marciel Maciel is the greatest success story in the church today. (For men) Fr. Marciel began at the age of 16 and his order then was himself and 4 or 5 other seminarians. Today, over fifty plus years later, they number nearly 700 priests, and over 2,500 seminarians. What do u ask is the mission of hte Legion? To ordain Holy Priests! Meaning that is where God is calling people to be ordained holy priests! Please say a prayer for me as I will be entering this order. [i]Yours in the Christ, [/i] Eddie Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezic Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 the CFR's are one of the fastest growing mens orders. The male dominicans are doing well. In our diocese diocesan seminarians are prolly the fastest though. There are like 4 or 5 new ones this year alone and we have a small diocese. It seems to be anything that is rock solid, adheres to tradition, and emphasizes prayer and dedication is doing rather well, while the orders that tried to become more secularized are failing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daugher-of-Mary Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 Like jezic said, the ones that are orthodox are growing. Thankfully, there are also a growing number of orthodox orders in the US! Off the top of my head, women's orders... Sisters of Life TORs Dominicans (Nashville, Anne Arbor) Carmelites (Divine Heart of Jesus and cloisters) Poor Clares (especially Alabama! goodness!) Franciscan Sisters of the Martyr St. George a lot of cloistered orders are growing, though the number of Sisters per house is generally limited Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smile_Jesus_loves_you Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 [quote name='M.SIGGA' date='May 19 2004, 01:51 AM']Legionaries of Christ and Fathers of Mercy ... and I think the LOC has many many more seminarians and brothers than priests because the seminary formation period is 12 to 14 yrs. [/quote] I agree, LOC are growing Fast! They are expanding a ton. I know a lot of them. They are so cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smile_Jesus_loves_you Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 [quote name='the_rev' date='Jul 12 2005, 10:38 AM'] The order I will be joining in a few years, The Legion of Christ, founded by Fr. Marciel Maciel is the greatest success story in the church today. (For men) [/quote] Rev, your going to become A legionare! Congrats, your soo lucky. Their formation is prime as you may know! oh that's great news!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photosynthesis Posted July 12, 2005 Author Share Posted July 12, 2005 the CFR's for women are also growing really fast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesChristi Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary in Nebraska, run by the FSSP, is full to overflowing and there is a waiting list to get in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezic Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 dude that is awesome Continuing my campaign to pray for one million vocations ....... then tomorrow, one million more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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