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Dummies Guide To Entering The Convent


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In another thread someone is asking about recommended reading for family on the subject and it was  suggested a guide ought to be written.

 

So, here we are VS'ers, a project for 2014.

 

Chapter headings?

 

Table of Contents?

 

Sample chapters?

 

Get writing peeps, add your suggestions here and who knows.........

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Two parts......Apostolic and Cloistered?

 

 

Chapter headings:

 

'General Requirements for Entry, Documentation etc.'

 

'Recommended Reading: Aspirant'.

'Recommended Reading for Family and Friends'

 

'How to tell your family'.

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I would love to do it...but there are a few problems the 1st being TIME!

Dummies doesn't take unsolicited manuscripts but you can do custom books with them. That takes MONEY!

 

It IS worth thinking about!

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Two parts......Apostolic and Cloistered?

 

 

Chapter headings:

 

'General Requirements for Entry, Documentation etc.'

 

'Recommended Reading: Aspirant'.

'Recommended Reading for Family and Friends'

 

'How to tell your family'.

 

'When to Enter' is definitely something that ought to be in there!

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We can publish on amazon, it's a doddle!

 

 

I am beginning to think very seriously about us doing this - a collaborative effort would be good.

 

 

Come on peeps, start writing.......

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Ancilla Domini

We can publish on amazon, it's a doddle!

 

 

I am beginning to think very seriously about us doing this - a collaborative effort would be good.

 

 

Come on peeps, start writing.......

 

I know! This is one of the best ideas ever. We've got to go along with this. :winner:

And even if we don't get it published, we still have a really fantastic guide.

 

Hey, there should be a section on habits, too! About their importance in religious life, and their symbolism. (Maybe that should be its own whole book. :hehe2: Too much information to cover.)

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Hey, there should be a section on habits, too! About their importance in religious life, and their symbolism. (Maybe that should be its own whole book. :hehe2: Too much information to cover.)

 

No, that would be in the Prequel..."Dummies Guide to Discerning a Community." I anticipate a trilogy: "Dummies Guide to...Discerning, Entering, and Living There." Maybe a fourth, "Discerning Out."

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No, that would be in the Prequel..."Dummies Guide to Discerning a Community." I anticipate a trilogy: "Dummies Guide to...Discerning, Entering, and Living There." Maybe a fourth, "Discerning Out."

 

You are brilliant. :D We need to write three.

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Oh, HELP!!!!!!

 

Okay, since I am very ancient now and since I didn't really discern in the way it is done today, I can't write that one.

 

 

I can write one on entering though and am now seriously giving it thought.

 

 

Oh - yes, and I might get round one day to the one on discerning out, as I did that too....

 

We could have a joint one on Living There........

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Please, please, please write this! We could do fundraising for it. Someone should contact the Imagine Sisters about this. I'm sure they could find a way to help!!!

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