Piccoli Fiori JMJ Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 I started working on this list quite awhile ago and I got quite a bit of information in it. I have all sorts of contact information along with a name for a Superior or Vocation Directress. I know I am far from completing this list, but I thought I would offer it to you all to see if you would like to help update and add information to it. It is Google Document right now and here is a link: [url="http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pAq-8G7w0U_AuGPvfFShDJg"]Women's Contemplative Communities[/url]. If you would like to have access to edit it, please send a PM with an e-mail address. Thanks everyone for anything you do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EJames2 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 (edited) [quote name='FutureNunJMJ' post='1730294' date='Dec 17 2008, 07:56 AM']I started working on this list quite awhile ago and I got quite a bit of information in it. I have all sorts of contact information along with a name for a Superior or Vocation Directress. I know I am far from completing this list, but I thought I would offer it to you all to see if you would like to help update and add information to it. It is Google Document right now and here is a link: [url="http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pAq-8G7w0U_AuGPvfFShDJg"]Women's Contemplative Communities[/url]. If you would like to have access to edit it, please send a PM with an e-mail address. Thanks everyone for anything you do![/quote] you could include the Monastic SISTERS of Bethlehem and the Assumption and St. Bruno Our Lady of Lourdes Camp Road Livingston Manor, NY 12758 -2758 USA and of course some Carmelites.. PAX Edited December 17, 2008 by EJames2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toservelove Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 The Domican Monastery of the Blessed Sacrament current vocation director is Sr. Mary Peter, the Prioress is Sr. Mary Thomas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemma Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 [quote name='FutureNunJMJ' post='1730294' date='Dec 17 2008, 11:56 AM']I started working on this list quite awhile ago and I got quite a bit of information in it. I have all sorts of contact information along with a name for a Superior or Vocation Directress. I know I am far from completing this list, but I thought I would offer it to you all to see if you would like to help update and add information to it. It is Google Document right now and here is a link: [url="http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pAq-8G7w0U_AuGPvfFShDJg"]Women's Contemplative Communities[/url]. If you would like to have access to edit it, please send a PM with an e-mail address. Thanks everyone for anything you do![/quote] Here's my website: [url="http://cloisters.tripod.com/"]http://cloisters.tripod.com/[/url] Look under "the cloisters" and then "American cloisters," then "women's communities" A few corrections to your list: Sisters Adorers of the Precious Blood--Lafayette IN--closed a couple of years ago Cistercians (O.Cist) -- Sr. M. Aleydis is the voc dir now PCC -- Newport News are the same as those in Barhamsville Contemplatives/Good Shepherd--more monasteries than the two listed Will need to ask about it 3 or 4 more Nuns of PA--they're on my website Dominicans-- Blue Chapel closed this past year; DC monastery moved to Linden; there's a new monastery in Delaware HTH Blessings, Gemma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemma Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 [quote name='toservelove' post='1730367' date='Dec 17 2008, 02:44 PM']The Domican Monastery of the Blessed Sacrament current vocation director is Sr. Mary Peter, the Prioress is Sr. Mary Thomas.[/quote] Cloister Outreach supported Sr. Mary Peter before she left the world. Totally useless trivia there. Blessings, Gemma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevotedtoHim Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Oh, wow! Gemma, this is so cool and amazing. I have an idea (as if this isn't complicated enough!). Do you think you could add a column regarding age restrictions and also habit or not? Like I really want to wear the wimple when I join and the more I look around, the less I see of the wimple and many communities consider their habit to be "FULL" even though they don't have the wimple! Also, even though I am still an acceptable age for most communities (I think) I know that is a problem/concern for many here. What a cool and fantastic resource! THANK YOU! This is so great for those of us searching for where we belong, especially for us "newbies" that don't really know what we are doing. Katherine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevotedtoHim Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Oh, wow! Gemma, this is so cool and amazing. I have an idea (as if this isn't complicated enough!). Do you think you could add a column regarding age restrictions and also habit or not? Like I really want to wear the wimple when I join and the more I look around, the less I see of the wimple and many communities consider their habit to be "FULL" even though they don't have the wimple! Also, even though I am still an acceptable age for most communities (I think) I know that is a problem/concern for many here. What a cool and fantastic resource! THANK YOU! This is so great for those of us searching for where we belong, especially for us "newbies" that don't really know what we are doing. Katherine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevotedtoHim Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Oh, wow! Gemma, this is so cool and amazing. I have an idea (as if this isn't complicated enough!). Do you think you could add a column regarding age restrictions and also habit or not? Like I really want to wear the wimple when I join and the more I look around, the less I see of the wimple and many communities consider their habit to be "FULL" even though they don't have the wimple! Also, even though I am still an acceptable age for most communities (I think) I know that is a problem/concern for many here. What a cool and fantastic resource! THANK YOU! This is so great for those of us searching for where we belong, especially for us "newbies" that don't really know what we are doing. Katherine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevotedtoHim Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Yikes, I made a mistake and posted this three times...is there any way somebody can delete the other two? Sorry about this. I guess I got carried away! I'm a little daft in using this system. (Obviously) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemma Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 [quote name='DevotedtoHim' post='1730469' date='Dec 17 2008, 03:58 PM']Oh, wow! Gemma, this is so cool and amazing. I have an idea (as if this isn't complicated enough!). Do you think you could add a column regarding age restrictions and also habit or not? Like I really want to wear the wimple when I join and the more I look around, the less I see of the wimple and many communities consider their habit to be "FULL" even though they don't have the wimple! Also, even though I am still an acceptable age for most communities (I think) I know that is a problem/concern for many here. What a cool and fantastic resource! THANK YOU! This is so great for those of us searching for where we belong, especially for us "newbies" that don't really know what we are doing. Katherine[/quote] All the cloisters we represent wear the habit. Wimple--hummm. Most of the Bens--and they don't have much of an age limit. Carmelites--but there's an age limit there. Some Dominicans--Marbury and Buffalo, mostly. I think Linden is going back to the wimple. Poor Clares--but there's an age limit. Visitation--it's called the barbette Nuns of Perpetual Adoration--no age limit, from what I've heard. Will post more if I think of them. HTH Blessings, Gemma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InHisLove726 Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 I would recommend the Discalced Carmelite Nuns of Arlington, TX. Mother Maria sent me some information on their order, that can now be found on their website (not all of it, but the general portion), and I have gotten an invitation to visit them. Their order is beautiful, and they just got a new novice: Sr. Elizabeth Mary of the Heart of Jesus. [url="http://www.carmelnuns.com/"]http://www.carmelnuns.com/[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Therese Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 [quote name='Gemma' post='1730856' date='Dec 17 2008, 09:26 PM']All the cloisters we represent wear the habit. Wimple--hummm. Most of the Bens--and they don't have much of an age limit. Carmelites--but there's an age limit there. Some Dominicans--Marbury and Buffalo, mostly. I think Linden is going back to the wimple. Poor Clares--but there's an age limit. Visitation--it's called the barbette Nuns of Perpetual Adoration--no age limit, from what I've heard. Will post more if I think of them. HTH Blessings, Gemma[/quote] The Lockport Dominicans also wear the wimple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sister Rose Therese Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 About the wimple thing. I think you should know that not all of the traditional habits had a wimple. I wouldn't get to caught up in that. You should be more concerned with what God wants of you. I haven't checked out you list, but you might be able to get complete listings from the various associations or religious communities. (Poor Clares, Dominicans, Carmelites, ...) Also from IRL, CMSWR and LCWR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Therese Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 [quote name='Sister Rose Therese' post='1731411' date='Dec 18 2008, 03:34 PM']About the wimple thing. I think you should know that not all of the traditional habits had a wimple. I wouldn't get to caught up in that. You should be more concerned with what God wants of you. I haven't checked out you list, but you might be able to get complete listings from the various associations or religious communities. (Poor Clares, Dominicans, Carmelites, ...) Also from IRL, CMSWR and LCWR.[/quote] I agree. There's much more to religious life thanjust the habit. You should also think about-What particular type of work is God calling you to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osapientia Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 You could include The Petersham Benedictines St. Scholastica Priory - Prioress Sr. Mary Elizabeth Kloss, OSB The nuns of Our Lady Queen in Tickfaw Louisiana are moving to Peterhsam. Sr Mary Elizabeth will be the Prioress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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