Kayte Postle Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Has anyone discerned with them? Does anyone know the daily schedule looks like (can't seem to find it anywhere here or on their website). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
young_and_faithful_ Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 You should see the movie Light of Love, that is one of the congregations featured on there, the first one to be exact! ...and on the show Our America with Lisa Ling there's an episode called Brides of Christ and they interview different orders, but in one part of the episode they interview a soon-to-be Alton Franciscan postulant :) Hope you can find something on these two! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sponsa-Christi Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 I've met several of these Sisters before---they're very nice and down-to-earth. They have a very wide variety of apostolates (everything from homemaking to doctoral studies), so I would imagine it would be difficult to describe the day of a "typical" Sister. But, I believe it's a community-wide custom in all their houses to start morning prayers at 5:00 am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToJesusMyHeart Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 They rise at 4:30am and have Lauds at 5am, if I remember correctly. I went there on a nun run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kayte Postle Posted December 23, 2013 Author Share Posted December 23, 2013 I've met several of these Sisters before---they're very nice and down-to-earth. They have a very wide variety of apostolates (everything from homemaking to doctoral studies), so I would imagine it would be difficult to describe the day of a "typical" Sister. But, I believe it's a community-wide custom in all their houses to start morning prayers at 5:00 am. A very good point Sponsa. The teaching or nursing sisters probably wouldn't do midday, but perhaps the professors/homemakers would have the ability to. I guess I didn't think that one through all that much. =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deusluxmea Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 4:30 AM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lioba Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 They were originally founded in Germany. We do ever ything ridiculously early here. But a quick look at the German website told me: They do laudes at 5.55 nowadays! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domenica_therese Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 I went on a Come and See with them. I'm not sure what information I have about them that might be helpful, but I picked up a pretty fair awareness of who they are and what they do, so if you have specific questions aside from schedule, try me and I'll see if I can answer. I know that the Cross prayer is a part of their spirituality and I'm pretty sure the sisters do it daily. I think they have some sort of midday prayers they do -- even if not as a community. Individual sisters can find time to pray wherever they are, etc. As they are never missioned individually (always in clusters of at least 4 I think), they would presumably have someone else to pray with as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kayte Postle Posted December 24, 2013 Author Share Posted December 24, 2013 I went on a Come and See with them. I'm not sure what information I have about them that might be helpful, but I picked up a pretty fair awareness of who they are and what they do, so if you have specific questions aside from schedule, try me and I'll see if I can answer. I know that the Cross prayer is a part of their spirituality and I'm pretty sure the sisters do it daily. I think they have some sort of midday prayers they do -- even if not as a community. Individual sisters can find time to pray wherever they are, etc. As they are never missioned individually (always in clusters of at least 4 I think), they would presumably have someone else to pray with as well. Thanks for the info domenica! I'm narrowing down my list of possible communities, and the amount of prayer and daily schedule were important factors. I've been given the opportunity to spend time with a wide variety communities, as such I'm starting to get a feel for what I want/need in a community. When I was living with the Little Sisters of the Poor, I thought that the amount of prayer was just a hair short for what I needed (I felt like I needed intentional prayer time in the middle of the day, otherwise I felt really drained). The FSMG were the only ones on my long list that I couldn't find a schedule for. ...granted I might be living with the FSMG next fall, so I'll find out then..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stlmom Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 The Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus, at least in the Central Province-St. Louis area, do combine their apostolate with regular midday prayer. Here in St. Louis, they limit their apostolate mostly to working with preschoolers and the elderly on the same campus as the motherhouse. Perhaps that's why they can make more time in the day to pray together as a community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheresaThoma Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 The Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus, at least in the Central Province-St. Louis area, do combine their apostolate with regular midday prayer. Here in St. Louis, they limit their apostolate mostly to working with preschoolers and the elderly on the same campus as the motherhouse. Perhaps that's why they can make more time in the day to pray together as a community. I have a friend who is a current postulant with the Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart in STL. She really loves the balance between prayer/contemplation and the apostolate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kayte Postle Posted December 27, 2013 Author Share Posted December 27, 2013 The Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus, at least in the Central Province-St. Louis area, do combine their apostolate with regular midday prayer. Here in St. Louis, they limit their apostolate mostly to working with preschoolers and the elderly on the same campus as the motherhouse. Perhaps that's why they can make more time in the day to pray together as a community. Thank you for the suggestion stlmom! I hadn't looked at the Carmelites DCJ much, but I think i might just. On that note, does anyone know of any other active/contemplative orders that have some type of midday prayer? It could be midday prayer from LotH as a community, or something as simple as the rosary or a mid-day examine in front of the Blessed Sacrament. The apostolates that are ending up on my short list are mostly retreat work/parish missions, education, and nursing, but honestly I'm open to whatever the Lord asks of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToJesusMyHeart Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Thank you for the suggestion stlmom! I hadn't looked at the Carmelites DCJ much, but I think i might just. On that note, does anyone know of any other active/contemplative orders that have some type of midday prayer? It could be midday prayer from LotH as a community, or something as simple as the rosary or a mid-day examine in front of the Blessed Sacrament. The apostolates that are ending up on my short list are mostly retreat work/parish missions, education, and nursing, but honestly I'm open to whatever the Lord asks of me. Sisters of Life and Nashies. SOL do midday prayer from LOTH and last I checked ND's have their own community midday prayers (but they may also do LOTH midday). Sometimes the SOL have their holy hour at midday (exposition, adoration, midday prayer) but most often it's in the evening with Vespers. Carmelites DCJ are wonderful though, definitely research them some more. I went there twice for visits and loved it. In Saint Louis, they use the Communion Rail for reception of the Eucharist, so that's a bonus! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miserere55 Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Also, the Sister Servants of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (Cresson PA) have built in prayer throughout the day. I know some sisters in that community and they are nurses and teachers. I am not sure of the other apostolates that these sisters do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
be_thou_my_vision Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration in Mishawaka, IN and the Marian Sisters of the Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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