Clothing At Dallas Carmel

[OnlySunshine]

[quote name='nunsense' timestamp='1344727751' post='2466256']
The following Carmels I know give the religious name upon entrance as a postulant:
Wolverhampton (UK)
Kirk Edge (UK)
Edmonton (Canada)
Nedlands (Australia)
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On that note, I hope everything goes well with your live-in! You are in my prayers!

[FutureCarmeliteClaire]

[quote name='nunsense' timestamp='1344717280' post='2466196']
Actually, the very same thing happened to me!
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After I tried them again, they replied.

[ToJesusMyHeart]

Does anyone have the count on how many solemns, temporaries, novices, and postulants are at Dallas? Thanks!

[emmaberry]

[quote name='ToJesusMyHeart' timestamp='1345014000' post='2467828']
Does anyone have the count on how many solemns, temporaries, novices, and postulants are at Dallas? Thanks!
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Great question! I am curious also... This Carmel is near my area (if you count a 5 hour drive as 'near'-only in Texas!), and I would love to attend any kind of ceremony here, but unfortunately I have missed them all this summer. They seem to be blossoming with vocations, although I do wish they had a more informative website.

Edited August 15, 2012 by emmaberry

[Chiquitunga]

[quote name='HopefulBride' timestamp='1344723062' post='2466229']
Oh wow how interesting. Is this a tradition with this particular carmel or are there others with similar customs?
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In Dallas they told me it was a Spanish custom, although it looks like all of the Carmels nunsense entered did this also, and they are all from French decent. But of course all of them originally are from Spain! I know of at least one Carmel in Spain that does this, perhaps the majority do. Another Spanish US Carmel used to .. but then they changed to give it at the clothing (and I know of no other in the US than Dallas that still gives it right at entrance)

As I was saying before, St. Teresa of the Andes received it at entrance .. also Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity I just remembered, and a new French Carmelite I'm reading about, [url="http://louangedesagloire.blogspot.com/2009/08/my-joy-is-love-of-god.html"]Sr. Marie Angelique of Jesus[/url] Perhaps it was this way in Lisieux also. I also have an old book from Mexico on the Carmel in Queretaro that lists the postulants names, which are religious names. Also ... that reminds me, the postulants' names are this way too when they are listed in this book on the martyrs of Compiegne, [url="http://www.amazon.com/Quell-Terror-Carmelites-Compiegne-Guillotined/dp/0935216677"][i]To Quell the Terror.[/i][/url]

So it seems to be a practice in Carmel in general, and then maybe in more recent times Carmels began switching to giving it at the clothing. In St. Teresa's time of course there was no postulancy

[quote name='ToJesusMyHeart' timestamp='1345014000' post='2467828']
Does anyone have the count on how many solemns, temporaries, novices, and postulants are at Dallas? Thanks!
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I don't know exactly, but from counting and trying to put together all of the nuns I've heard of there .. a rough estimate is, 8 Solemn Professed, 2 First Professed, 3 Novices and 3 postulants. However, I am estimating only with the names I have heard, so I believe mostly likely I am missing at least one. Also, they have had many of their older Sisters pass on in recent years (those I didn't include in the count), but then many entrances too