Which Communities Celebrate The Ef (at All) ?

[OnlySunshine]

According to [url="http://womenreligiousordersrule.blogspot.com/2012/04/cistercian-nuns-valley-of-our-lady.html"]this blog[/url], the Cistercian Nuns in Wisconsin have the EF Mass.

[url="http://www.ihmwestfield.com/"]Benedictine Monastery of the Immaculate Heart of Mary[/url]

[url="http://www.walburga.org/"]Benedictine Abbey of St. Walburga[/url]

[url="http://www.abbeyofreginalaudis.com/sitelive/index.htm"]Benedictine Abbey of Regina Laudis[/url]

[url="http://www.ourladyoftherock.com/index.htm"]Benedictines of Our Lady of the Rock[/url]

[url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/topic/118137-update-from-the-lockport-dominicans/"]Dominican Nuns of Lockport, LA[/url]

[emmaberry]

[quote name='ToJesusMyHeart' timestamp='1346721996' post='2478101']
I love the barefooted-ness of the PCCs. If I felt called to a life in the cloister (which is so attractive, but I think my heart was made for active service), I'd likely be discerning with PCCs.
[/quote]
I have never seen anything more endearing than the tiny little barefoot Sister sacristan who comes out to prepare the altar before Mass. They are tiny because of the small amount of food they eat. Their barefooted-ness really brought home, at least to me, that the cloister is not of earth but of Heaven..that they are always in the presence of God.

It's a beautiful vocation, but not for everyone. Of course, going barefoot would be kind of ridiculous in an active vocation! I'll say a prayer for your discernment.

[OnlySunshine]

[quote name='emmaberry' timestamp='1346726632' post='2478133']
I have never seen anything more endearing than the tiny little barefoot Sister sacristan who comes out to prepare the altar before Mass. They are tiny because of the small amount of food they eat. Their barefooted-ness really brought home, at least to me, that the cloister is not of earth but of Heaven..that they are always in the presence of God.

It's a beautiful vocation, but not for everyone. Of course, going barefoot would be kind of ridiculous in an active vocation! I'll say a prayer for your discernment.
[/quote]

I remember being so captivated by the videos I watched online of the Belleville PCCs. I'd never seen anything so beautiful before. Their reverence to the Blessed Sacrament was endearing and I found myself wanting to be in that cloister with them. There are times where I wish that I had a cloistered vocation since a nun lives totally for God in the silence of the enclosure. I hold such respect for those who have such a vocation.

[Pax_et bonum]

[quote name='emmaberry' timestamp='1346726632' post='2478133']
I have never seen anything more endearing than the tiny little barefoot Sister sacristan who comes out to prepare the altar before Mass. They are tiny because of the small amount of food they eat. Their barefooted-ness really brought home, at least to me, that the cloister is not of earth but of Heaven..that they are always in the presence of God.

It's a beautiful vocation, but not for everyone. [b]Of course, going barefoot would be kind of ridiculous in an active vocation![/b] I'll say a prayer for your discernment.
[/quote]


Tell that to the Franciscan Brothers Minor Do I need to go find the boss picture of a brother at the March for Life barefoot?
Besides just the Colettines, the Poor Sisters of Saint Clare also go barefoot.

[emmaberry]

[quote name='Pax_et bonum' timestamp='1346729675' post='2478150']


Tell that to the Franciscan Brothers Minor Do I need to go find the boss picture of a brother at the March for Life barefoot?
Besides just the Colettines, the Poor Sisters of Saint Clare also go barefoot.
[/quote]

Please do, if you have the time! I'd love to see that. I meant it, though, if you can't find it no worries.

I am so impressed with them-I didn't know of any friars who went barefoot...except the original gang of course!

[ToJesusMyHeart]

[quote name='MaterMisericordiae' timestamp='1346725608' post='2478123']
[url="http://www.ihmwestfield.com/"]Benedictine Monastery of the Immaculate Heart of Mary[/url]
[url="http://www.walburga.org/"]Benedictine Abbey of St. Walburga[/url]
[url="http://www.abbeyofreginalaudis.com/sitelive/index.htm"]Benedictine Abbey of Regina Laudis[/url]
[url="http://www.ourladyoftherock.com/index.htm"]Benedictines of Our Lady of the Rock[/url]
[url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/topic/118137-update-from-the-lockport-dominicans/"]Dominican Nuns of Lockport, LA[/url]
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Ah, yes! The beloved Benedictines! That reminds me...don't the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles celebrate the EF exclusively? Please correct me if I am mistaken.

Edit: Whoops! I see that HB already mentioned these Benedictines.
[quote name='HopefulBride' timestamp='1346700646' post='2477925']
Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles
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Edited September 4, 2012 by ToJesusMyHeart

[ToJesusMyHeart]

[quote name='emmaberry' timestamp='1346726632' post='2478133']
I have never seen anything more endearing than the tiny little barefoot Sister sacristan who comes out to prepare the altar before Mass. They are tiny because of the small amount of food they eat. Their barefooted-ness really brought home, at least to me, that the cloister is not of earth but of Heaven..that they are always in the presence of God.

It's a beautiful vocation, but not for everyone. Of course, going barefoot would be kind of ridiculous in an active vocation! I'll say a prayer for your discernment.
[/quote]

I wanted to give this props, but alas, I am at my daily limit. Thank you for your prayers!!

[Chiara Francesco]

The Poor Clare Colettines of Minooka, IL (http://poorclaresjoliet.org/ and founded from Rockford PCCs) have the Traditional Latin mass said by the FSSP priests. On the other masses, they have the mass with a lot of Latin in the hymns, prayers, Liturgy, etc. Unfortunately, the week I visited them, there wasn't a Traditional mass day that week.

Below from: [url="http://acatholiclife.blogspot.com/2012/01/traditional-latin-mass-in-minooka.html"]http://acatholiclife...in-minooka.html[/url]

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

[url="http://acatholiclife.blogspot.com/2012/01/traditional-latin-mass-in-minooka.html"]Traditional Latin Mass in Minooka, Illinois at Poor Clares Convent[/url]




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[url="http://acatholiclife.blogspot.com/2009/06/saturday-of-blessed-virgin-mary.html"][i]Mass said by Fr. Valentine (FSSP) in June 2009 at the Poor Clares Convent[/i][/url]


As I have posted in the past of a [url="http://acatholiclife.blogspot.com/2009/06/saturday-of-blessed-virgin-mary.html"]Traditional Mass at the Poor Clares Convent in Minooka, IL[/url], I recently sent a message to the Mother Superior to inquiry if these Masses were still being regularly offered. I was pleased to see that not only is the Traditional Mass offered there once a month but also that a Divine Liturgy is also said there.
[indent=1]
Dear Matthew
Yes there is a Latin Mass on the [b]third Saturday of each month that is open to the public. [/b]Also a [b]Divine Liturgy on the second Saturday usually[/b].
In Jesus and Mary,
The Poor Clares[/indent]

Edited September 4, 2012 by Chiara Francesco

[Chiquitunga]

[quote name='MaterMisericordiae' timestamp='1346725608' post='2478123']
According to [url="http://womenreligiousordersrule.blogspot.com/2012/04/cistercian-nuns-valley-of-our-lady.html"]this blog[/url], the Cistercian Nuns in Wisconsin have the EF Mass.

[url="http://www.ihmwestfield.com/"]Benedictine Monastery of the Immaculate Heart of Mary[/url]

[url="http://www.walburga.org/"]Benedictine Abbey of St. Walburga[/url]

[url="http://www.abbeyofreginalaudis.com/sitelive/index.htm"]Benedictine Abbey of Regina Laudis[/url]

[url="http://www.ourladyoftherock.com/index.htm"]Benedictines of Our Lady of the Rock[/url]

[url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/topic/118137-update-from-the-lockport-dominicans/"]Dominican Nuns of Lockport, LA[/url]
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Wait, I'm confused. Do all of the communities here have the EF Mass sometimes? I know the Dominican Sisters in Lockport, LA do. Also I can't find the reference there to the Cistercians in WI having the EF Mass. I should read it again more carefully..

[ACS67]

I was aware those orders had the Latin Mass. I know Regina Laudis/Our Lady of the Rock has the Novus Ordo in Latin (as do the Benedictine nuns in Vermont) but I not sure they have an EF.

Clear Creek Sisters do, however, because they are attached to the Clear Creek Monks.

[url="http://www.clearcreeksisters.org/"]http://www.clearcreeksisters.org/[/url]

[ToJesusMyHeart]

[quote name='Chiara Francesco' timestamp='1346736665' post='2478179']Dear Matthew
[indent=1]Yes there is a Latin Mass on the [b]third Saturday of each month that is open to the public. [/b]Also a [b]Divine Liturgy on the second Saturday usually[/b].
In Jesus and Mary,
The Poor Clares[/indent]
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Is the Divine Liturgy the Eastern Rite..or what? Can someone describe how it differs from Mass?

[ToJesusMyHeart]

[quote name='Pax_et bonum' timestamp='1346729675' post='2478150']
Besides just the Colettines, the Poor Sisters of Saint Clare also go barefoot.
[/quote]

That's wonderful! Do they ever celebrate the EF?

[Pax_et bonum]

[quote name='ToJesusMyHeart' timestamp='1346782161' post='2478325']
That's wonderful! Do they ever celebrate the EF?
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I've never been to an EF Mass with them. They might, but I don't think so. Fr. David Mary does like to use Latin in the Mass, and their alter isn't free standing as you can see:
[img]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DzQ2Mqq9gs8/UCvZEYVE2iI/AAAAAAAARGQ/IOyaKpSPlh4/s860/IMG_3906.JPG[/img]

ACS, FuturePriest, QD, do you know?

Edited September 4, 2012 by Pax_et bonum

[ACS67]

Hey Pax!

No the Franciscans definitely do not use the EF. They use a sort of what I call "hybrid Mass" (Novus Ordo old school style ) as their Mass employs a lot of Latin and is also ad orientum (facing East), all male servers, no extraordinary ministers of holy communion, not even women lectors I don't believe (unless the nuns read), and receiving kneeling at the altar rail on the tongue and only under one species. St. John Cantius in Chicago does this type of Novus Ordo. It is quite nice.

[ToJesusMyHeart]

[quote name='ACS67' timestamp='1346789804' post='2478376']
Mass employs a lot of [b]Latin [/b]and is also [b]ad orientum[/b] (facing East), all [b]male servers[/b], [b]no extraordinary ministers [/b]of holy communion, [b]no[/b]t even [b]women lectors [/b]I don't believe (unless the nuns read), and [b]receiving kneeling at the altar rail on the tongue[/b] and only under one species. St. John Cantius in Chicago does this type of Novus Ordo. It is quite nice.
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YES! I love!
Where are these nuns located? I think I'm due for a visit.

Edit: And do they have a website?

Edited September 4, 2012 by ToJesusMyHeart