I don't know about you, but i kind of get a little excited dealing with this topic.
Anyways, my formation director discovered that there was some celibacy conference hosted by the CSJ Sisters (yeah, the ones out here in CA seem to be pretty liberal, but if we can keep an open mind to say the least). My formation director has some close friends who live in that convent. But anyways, the workshop was a one day thing specifically for people in formation.
Some nun psychologist gave the talk. It was how a celibate person can practice healthy sexuality. And aside for a few political opinion interjections here and there (homosexuality, pro-life consistency, and environment activism), the talk as a whole was real good.
A major thing that i was coming to learn even before entering was that Celibacy is not a bunch a "No's" but a resounding "Yes" to something wonderful. Or that, in general someone probably isn't living a healthy life if they are in constant denial of their sexuality. But that sexuality is just a portion of our being.
Although, her talk was more on the psychology of it all, she did mention the overall importance of having an intimate relationship with God, of course through prayer, i mean it is so simple she didn't need to delve into that.
What she was trying to focus on was how our human needs and relationships are going to alter and change and grow in the whole formation process.
What i found most interesting was that she listed out twelve ways of expressing intimacy. Only one of those involved physical-sexual intimacy as most people mistakenly believe what it to be. The other eleven types of intimacy included Emotional, Intellectual, Aesthetic, Creative, Recreational, Work, Crisis, Conflict, Commitment, Spiritual, and Communication.
And i had much appreciation for some other points she made, which most liberals are afraid to say. That our culture is overly sexualized, because it has a mistaken understanding of what God intended. That sex is never appropriate for a religious. That pornography and other forms of sexual exploitation are always clearly wrong. And that masturbation is clearly a sin. Of course, her talk was not focused on the sins.
I must admit, i was invigorated by the subject matter. I was also invigorated to share some fellowship with a couple of guys, and whole grip of nuns in formation. And what was cool is that like ninety percent of them were in their twenties.
SHALOM
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Sounds cool. 
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing!
I second that. 
QUOTE(MC IMaGiNaZUN @ Feb 6 2006, 12:01 AM)
I don't know about you, but i kind of get a little excited dealing with this topic.
Anyways, my formation director discovered that there was some celibacy conference hosted by the CSJ Sisters (yeah, the ones out here in CA seem to be pretty liberal, but if we can keep an open mind to say the least). My formation director has some close friends who live in that convent. But anyways, the workshop was a one day thing specifically for people in formation.
Some nun psychologist gave the talk. It was how a celibate person can practice healthy sexuality. And aside for a few political opinion interjections here and there (homosexuality, pro-life consistency, and environment activism), the talk as a whole was real good.
A major thing that i was coming to learn even before entering was that Celibacy is not a bunch a "No's" but a resounding "Yes" to something wonderful. Or that, in general someone probably isn't living a healthy life if they are in constant denial of their sexuality. But that sexuality is just a portion of our being.
Although, her talk was more on the psychology of it all, she did mention the overall importance of having an intimate relationship with God, of course through prayer, i mean it is so simple she didn't need to delve into that.
What she was trying to focus on was how our human needs and relationships are going to alter and change and grow in the whole formation process.
What i found most interesting was that she listed out twelve ways of expressing intimacy. Only one of those involved physical-sexual intimacy as most people mistakenly believe what it to be. The other eleven types of intimacy included Emotional, Intellectual, Aesthetic, Creative, Recreational, Work, Crisis, Conflict, Commitment, Spiritual, and Communication.
And i had much appreciation for some other points she made, which most liberals are afraid to say. That our culture is overly sexualized, because it has a mistaken understanding of what God intended. That sex is never appropriate for a religious. That pornography and other forms of sexual exploitation are always clearly wrong. And that masturbation is clearly a sin. Of course, her talk was not focused on the sins.
I must admit, i was invigorated by the subject matter. I was also invigorated to share some fellowship with a couple of guys, and whole grip of nuns in formation. And what was cool is that like ninety percent of them were in their twenties.
SHALOM
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Anyways, my formation director discovered that there was some celibacy conference hosted by the CSJ Sisters (yeah, the ones out here in CA seem to be pretty liberal, but if we can keep an open mind to say the least). My formation director has some close friends who live in that convent. But anyways, the workshop was a one day thing specifically for people in formation.
Some nun psychologist gave the talk. It was how a celibate person can practice healthy sexuality. And aside for a few political opinion interjections here and there (homosexuality, pro-life consistency, and environment activism), the talk as a whole was real good.
A major thing that i was coming to learn even before entering was that Celibacy is not a bunch a "No's" but a resounding "Yes" to something wonderful. Or that, in general someone probably isn't living a healthy life if they are in constant denial of their sexuality. But that sexuality is just a portion of our being.
Although, her talk was more on the psychology of it all, she did mention the overall importance of having an intimate relationship with God, of course through prayer, i mean it is so simple she didn't need to delve into that.
What she was trying to focus on was how our human needs and relationships are going to alter and change and grow in the whole formation process.
What i found most interesting was that she listed out twelve ways of expressing intimacy. Only one of those involved physical-sexual intimacy as most people mistakenly believe what it to be. The other eleven types of intimacy included Emotional, Intellectual, Aesthetic, Creative, Recreational, Work, Crisis, Conflict, Commitment, Spiritual, and Communication.
And i had much appreciation for some other points she made, which most liberals are afraid to say. That our culture is overly sexualized, because it has a mistaken understanding of what God intended. That sex is never appropriate for a religious. That pornography and other forms of sexual exploitation are always clearly wrong. And that masturbation is clearly a sin. Of course, her talk was not focused on the sins.
I must admit, i was invigorated by the subject matter. I was also invigorated to share some fellowship with a couple of guys, and whole grip of nuns in formation. And what was cool is that like ninety percent of them were in their twenties.
SHALOM
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Have you studied the Theology of the Body? It's right up your alley....
Who are the CSJ sisters?
This sounds like a really good day!! And I second the thought: you should really check out the Theology of the Body if you haven't already!!
~Jen
~Jen
QUOTE(zunshynn @ Feb 12 2006, 01:47 PM)
Who are the CSJ sisters?
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Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet
QUOTE(mariology21 @ Feb 12 2006, 12:54 PM)
This sounds like a really good day!! And I second the thought: you should really check out the Theology of the Body if you haven't already!!
~Jen
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Right on. Its just so big and complicated,
[and i have a hard enough time reading everyone i have to for homework. 
What i thought was so funny, was how much this liberal-leaning nun psychologist had in common with John Paul II. I wonder if she knew.
SHALOM
QUOTE(MC IMaGiNaZUN @ Feb 12 2006, 06:24 PM)
Right on. Its just so big and complicated, [and i have a hard enough time reading everyone i have to for homework.
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Try Christopher's West "Theology of the Body for Beginners". It's a thin book. I have it but haven't read it yet so can't give any reviews of it. But anything by him is good. It'd be a start at least!! And I know what you mean about having tons of reading to try and get through!!
~Jen
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