Thank God For The Visitation Order!

[Laudem Gloriae]

As I am writing Mother Mary Bernard of the Toledo Visitation (and hope to visit), she sent me in the mail a few weeks ago a letter and a page that has a picture of 2 novices who where just newly professed with their new names and the mention of upcoming First Professions and a Solemn Profession on these sisters (ages given are from the Toledo Vocation's website and the sisters are probably older now):

Sr. Noel Faustina, who is 59 yrs old, (see [ [url="http://www.toledovocations.com/women-in-formation/sr.-noel-faustina-honor.html%20)"]http://www.toledovocations.com/women-in-fo...ina-honor.html )://http://www.toledovocations.com/wome...na-honor.html )[/url] will make her Solemn Profession on September 6, 2008.

Sr. Connie, who is 70 yrs old (see [url="http://www.toledovocations.com/women-in-formation/sr.-connie-golisano.html%20)"]http://www.toledovocations.com/women-in-fo...-golisano.html )://http://www.toledovocations.com/wome...golisano.html )[/url] made her First Professions and is now called [b]Sr. Josepha Maria[/b].

Sr. Kathy, who is 56 yrs old (see [url="http://www.toledovocations.com/women-in-formation/sr.-kathy-schulz.html)"]http://www.toledovocations.com/women-in-fo...hy-schulz.html)[/url] made her First Profession and is now called [b]Sr. Maria Gabriela[/b].

Sr. Debbie, whose age isn't given, (see [url="http://www.toledovocations.com/women-in-formation/sr.-debbie-uhl.html%20)"]http://www.toledovocations.com/women-in-fo...ebbie-uhl.html)[/url] will make her First Profession on September 14th - the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.


On First Profession, the Visitandine gets the silver cross they wear around their necks. The pictures the newly professed sisters on the Toledo Vocations site shows them WITHOUT this cross, but in the picture Mother Mary Bernard sent me, they ARE wearing the cross. Their smiles of pure joy are something to behold!

Edited July 25, 2008 by Laudem Gloriae

[Laudem Gloriae]

UPDATE:

Try this link for Sr. Noel Faustina to my above post: [url="http://www.toledovocations.com/women-in-formation/sr.-noel-faustina-honor.html"]http://www.toledovocations.com/women-in-fo...tina-honor.html[/url]

[Laudem Gloriae]

OK another UPDATE:

If you want to see these Visitation postulants and novices I posted, COPY the link to your browser and erase the ( ) - parentheses! I usually try to leave spaces before and after them but forgot in that post! Sorry!

[Chiquitunga]

[quote name='Laudem Gloriae' post='1607989' date='Jul 24 2008, 08:46 PM']OK another UPDATE:

If you want to see these Visitation postulants and novices I posted, COPY the link to your browser and erase the ( ) - parentheses! I usually try to leave spaces before and after them but forgot in that post! Sorry![/quote]
LOL, no problem. Here we go

[quote name='Laudem Gloriae' post='1607960' date='Jul 24 2008, 08:33 PM']As I am writing Mother Mary Bernard of the Toledo Visitation (and hope to visit), she sent me in the mail a few weeks ago a letter and a page that has a picture of 2 novices who where just newly professed with their new names and the mention of upcoming First Professions and a Solemn Profession on these sisters (ages given are from the Toledo Vocation's website and the sisters are probably older now):

Sr. Noel Faustina, who is 59 yrs old, (see [url="http://www.toledovocations.com/women-in-formation/sr.-noel-faustina-honor.html"]http://www.toledovocations.com/women-in-fo...tina-honor.html[/url] ) will make her Solemn Profession on September 6, 2008.

Sr. Connie, who is 70 yrs old (see [url="http://www.toledovocations.com/women-in-formation/sr.-connie-golisano.html"]http://www.toledovocations.com/women-in-fo...e-golisano.html[/url] ) made her First Professions and is now called [b]Sr. Josepha Maria[/b].

Sr. Kathy, who is 56 yrs old (see [url="http://www.toledovocations.com/women-in-formation/sr.-kathy-schulz.html"]http://www.toledovocations.com/women-in-fo...thy-schulz.html[/url] ) made her First Profession and is now called [b]Sr. Maria Gabriela[/b].

Sr. Debbie, whose age isn't given, (see [url="http://www.toledovocations.com/women-in-formation/sr.-debbie-uhl.html"]http://www.toledovocations.com/women-in-fo...debbie-uhl.html[/url] ) will make her First Profession on September 14th - the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.
On First Profession, the Visitandine gets the silver cross they wear around their necks. The pictures the newly professed sisters on the Toledo Vocations site shows them WITHOUT this cross, but in the picture Mother Mary Bernard sent me, they ARE wearing the cross. Their smiles of pure joy are something to behold![/quote]

[Laudem Gloriae]

Thanks, Margaret, can I hire you as my secretary and write my posts for me! lol!

[RosaMystica]

Hey!

I've found a website that lists many orders and their website within different states that consider women ages 45+. Here's the site: [url="http://www.consecrated-life.org/over_45.htm"]http://www.consecrated-life.org/over_45.htm[/url]

I know they may not all be traditional so if anyone decides to take a look you may have to pick through them.

[Laudem Gloriae]

This is a good list but has to be updated. The following are monasteries/orders I have contacted and say they DO NOT consider past 35 or 40 yrs of age and others have other problems as stated below:

Carmel of Mobile, AL - not past 35 or 40

Visitation of Frederick, MD - has closed, sisters gone to various other Visitations

Indianapolis Carmel - closed

Benedictine Monastery of St. Gemma, Greenburg, PA - not taking past 40 (or their stated limit) - contacted these
sisters last year



The rest I don't know about as they are either of no interest to me, wear a modified or no habit or are too liberal for me. People should still contact them because it wouldn't be the first time a monastery said no to an older age to one woman and yes to another!

[Gemma]

[quote name='Laudem Gloriae' post='1608090' date='Jul 25 2008, 02:51 AM']This is a good list but has to be updated. The following are monasteries/orders I have contacted and say they DO NOT consider past 35 or 40 yrs of age and others have other problems as stated below:

Carmel of Mobile, AL - not past 35 or 40

Visitation of Frederick, MD - has closed, sisters gone to various other Visitations

Indianapolis Carmel - closed

Benedictine Monastery of St. Gemma, Greenburg, PA - not taking past 40 (or their stated limit) - contacted these
sisters last year
The rest I don't know about as they are either of no interest to me, wear a modified or no habit or are too liberal for me. People should still contact them because it wouldn't be the first time a monastery said no to an older age to one woman and yes to another![/quote]

Actually, that's St. Emma's Benedictine Monastery. St. Gemma was a Lay Passionist.

Blessings,
Gemma

[Chiquitunga]

[quote name='Margaret Clare' post='1607739' date='Jul 24 2008, 06:04 PM']Just thought I'd post here, there's a [url="http://www.vocationsireland.com/sisters/visitation.html"]Visitation Monastery[/url] in Stamullen, Co. Meath, Ireland, which is a foundation from the Snellville, GA Visitation. Besides their address, I could only find these few lines about them online,

“It is all God’s designs. He has certainly been wonderful to me,” said the sister, who has served as superior of the Georgia community at one time and briefly as first superior of a foundation in Stamullen, Ireland, where the American sisters encountered a chill that was unshakable and temperatures of “28 and 30 in our cells at night.”

[url="http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1984/07/19/a/"]http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1984/07/19/a/[/url]

I bet they're a lovely community though.[/quote]
Does anyone know, are there any Visitation monasteries in England, or anywhere else in the UK?

[rosamundi]

[quote name='Margaret Clare' post='1608323' date='Jul 25 2008, 07:31 PM']Does anyone know, are there any Visitation monasteries in England, or anywhere else in the UK?[/quote]

There is [url="http://www.abc.mydom.co.uk/AZOrders/OrderofVisitation/Index.htm"]at least one[/url], as far as I'm aware. I can't find a website, and I make no guarantee as to how up to date this information is.

[Laudem Gloriae]

In reference to my early post with links to the Toledo Visitation sisters clothing, first vows, etc., their Novitiate sent me a lovely letter with pictures and a brief paragraph written by each novice on her vocation, etc. and about the little family of ducks that visited them and their chapel!

I also noticed that the same sisters I mentioned in the other post are mentioned in an updated page of Toledo Visitation's web site under "Monastic Musings". It gives the recent first vows and the upcoming ones and Solemn Profession of Sr. Noel Faustina (link given in other post).

Go to: [url="http://www.toledovisitation.org/musings.htm"]http://www.toledovisitation.org/musings.htm[/url]