EJames2 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Benedictine Nuns- ABBAYE SAINT-MICHEL DE KERGONAN Solemses Congregation, France. an excerpt from a 30 minute documentary The abbey was founded by St Cecilia de Solesmes in 1898 It is situated at the entrance to the ... [url="http://www.gloria.tv/?video=kyypbmmiyuvb9lksawqt"]http://www.gloria.tv/?video=kyypbmmiyuvb9lksawqt[/url] - pax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alycin Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 DARN not having speakers!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puellapaschalis Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Ahhh, the chanted Latin office! Whenever I see these videos I always feel like something of an intruder when there are shots of the inside of the monastery - let alone inside an individual's [i]cell[/i]. Of course it's an enormous privilege to be able to film there (and to see it) but combined with all that, watching it gives me the shivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starets Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Thank you for sharing the video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 When I was a child we used to spend a couple of weeks of our summer holidays at Kergonan (as I grew up I was surprised to learn that other people's families didn't spend their holidays in convents of enclosed Benedictine nuns!). They are a wonderful community. Please keep them in your prayers as they had a major fire last year that completely destroyed their Church, and they are still waiting for the insurance companies to agree on costs so that they can begin rebuilding You can see photos of the aftermath of the fire and news of the rebuilding (in French) on their[url="http://saintmichelkergonan.monsite.orange.fr/index.jhtml"] special site[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mari Therese Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Thank you! You always post great material! It's wonderful to see that there is still enclosed communities helping make the world a better place, one prayer at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EJames2 Posted January 16, 2008 Author Share Posted January 16, 2008 [quote name='Mari Therese' post='1446295' date='Jan 15 2008, 06:55 PM']Thank you! You always post great material! It's wonderful to see that there is still enclosed communities helping make the world a better place, one prayer at a time.[/quote] my pleasure, do you know that they have Sisters (Solesmes) just outside west Montreal, as well as enclosed Carmelites in Southern Ontario as well.? pax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ora et Labora Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Are there any Benedictine nuns in the U.S. that I might be able to look into?? I've been to Clear Creek Monastery in OK...but those are Monks!! Awesome guys tho! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EJames2 Posted January 16, 2008 Author Share Posted January 16, 2008 (edited) [quote name='Ora et Labora' post='1446522' date='Jan 16 2008, 11:33 AM']Are there any Benedictine nuns in the U.S. that I might be able to look into?? I've been to Clear Creek Monastery in OK...but those are Monks!! Awesome guys tho! [/quote] Yes, of course, IF you are talking ones similar to the ones in the Video? and not semi-active Sisters..but traditional-cloistered (with Latin) Benedictines you have Monastery of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (who are of the exact same Congregation-Solesmes- as in the video and, as Clear Creek, though Clear Creek is again of a different stream ,hehe, within the Solesmes Congregations per Liturgics) [b]Monastery of the Immaculate Heart of Mary 4103 VT RTE 100 Westfield, VT 05874 USA[/b] [url="http://www.ihmwestfield.com/"]http://www.ihmwestfield.com/[/url] - and [b]Abbey of Regina Laudis [/b] [url="http://www.abbeyofreginalaudis.com/sitelive/index.htm"]http://www.abbeyofreginalaudis.com/sitelive/index.htm[/url] - a Community sorta like a female version of Clear Creek itself would be [b]Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles[/b] Priory of Our Lady of Ephesus Attn: Mother Therese 1400 NE 42nd Terrace Kansas City, Missouri 64116 [url="http://www.benedictinesofmary.org/"]http://www.benedictinesofmary.org/[/url] all of the above have been discussed in this forum, or have threads. pax Edited January 16, 2008 by EJames2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mari Therese Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 [quote name='EJames2' post='1446474' date='Jan 16 2008, 12:18 PM']my pleasure, do you know that they have Sisters (Solesmes) just outside west Montreal, as well as enclosed Carmelites in Southern Ontario as well.? pax[/quote] Very true. There are also Poor Clares in Alexandria, the Mother is pretty spunky:) But I think that I am being called to a contemplative/active order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkaands Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 There are a number of OSB's with no outside apostolate who sing the office: --sung Latin with Gregorian chant: Petersham Priory in Massachusetts. 9 professed nuns. habit. Sing Greg chant in Latin. guest house on 200 wooded acres, next to 10,000 more nearby. www.petershampriory.org. Our Lady of the Rock-- [url="http://www.rockisland.com/~mhildegard/"]http://www.rockisland.com/~mhildegard/[/url] --in San Juan Islands of Washington State. Founded by Regina Loudis and like them, wear full habit, sing office in Latin with Gregorian chant. Raise rare breeds of animals and arts and crafts. St. Walburga in Virginia Dale CO --www.walburga.org Growing, full habit, sung mass and Office, mixed English and Latin. Retreats, farming, altar breads. And others which sing the office in English or English and Latin: Our Lady of the Desert, the companion order to Christ in the Desert, which Staretz is entering. They are small, moving elsewhere in NM for more land, multinational. Modified Benedictine habit. Chant the DO in Greg Chant in English. www.ourladyofthedesert.org. Our Lady Queen Monastery Tickfaw, Louisiana [url="http://www.ourladyqueenmonastery.org/"]http://www.ourladyqueenmonastery.org/[/url] Small-5 nuns in the chapel picture, but have postulants. Modified habit, sing full office-don’t know what in. Retreat house. Sisters of St. Emma-- Greenburg PA Full habit. Sing office in English with ‘simplified Gregorian “ chant. Retreats. Novice in the pictures. Monastery of St. Benedict Canyon, Texas--http://www.osbcanyontx.org/ -small community, modified habit, postulants, chants the seven hours in English; ministry retreats. One house of Cistercian nuns, a branch of the Benedictines, sings the office in Latin using the Cistercian chant. Growing steadily. [url="http://www.nunocist.org/"]http://www.nunocist.org/[/url] And the Trappistines are in five different houses in the US. They sing the seven hours, but it’s not clear in what chant or what language. [url="http://www.osb.org/cist/index.html#na"]http://www.osb.org/cist/index.html#na[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EJames2 Posted January 18, 2008 Author Share Posted January 18, 2008 [quote name='Mari Therese' post='1446831' date='Jan 16 2008, 08:22 PM']Very true. There are also Poor Clares in Alexandria, the Mother is pretty spunky:) But I think that I am being called to a contemplative/active order.[/quote] hmmm. have you seen this.?> [url="http://www.lovetobecatholic.com/video_750_Dominican_Sisters.html"]http://www.lovetobecatholic.com/video_750_...an_Sisters.html[/url] they have 6 Canadians from Ontario and maritimes etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mari Therese Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 [quote name='EJames2' post='1447164' date='Jan 17 2008, 08:18 PM']hmmm. have you seen this.?> [url="http://www.lovetobecatholic.com/video_750_Dominican_Sisters.html"]http://www.lovetobecatholic.com/video_750_...an_Sisters.html[/url] they have 6 Canadians from Ontario and maritimes etc.[/quote] Yes of course! They are amazing! Check out this order from Cambridge (New website!): [url="http://www.solisisters.ca"]Sisters of Our Lady Immaculate[/url] They are very holy, I recently spent some time with them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awyers Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 [quote name='EJames2' post='1446474' date='Jan 16 2008, 11:18 AM']my pleasure, do you know that they have Sisters (Solesmes) just outside west Montreal, as well as enclosed Carmelites in Southern Ontario as well.? pax[/quote] Do you have any contact info for these two communities you mentioned?? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlesister Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Thanks for the Kergonan update. I loved that place. You're making me homesick for Brittany! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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