Mr. Zak has me looking for all sorts of contemplative communties to be prayer warriors for the Here I Am Lord conferences... I think I may have a list of just about every Discalced Carmel in the US, all of the Trappists/Cisternians, Cathursians, Sister Adorers of the Precious Blood, along with a good number of Benedictines, Poor Clares, Dominicans, and a number of other smaller orders. I think I will list the communities and the name of the abbey/monastery/whatever (if I have it) and location so you all can tell me what communities are faithful and orthodox (or not...) and if I am missing any that should be there! (A major thanks to Gemma and her site; it helped big time with this!)



Okay… *gulp* here it goes!



Discalced Carmelite Nuns



Ada Parnell, MI

Alexandria, SD

Alhambra, CA

Arlington, TX

Buffalo, NY

Baltimore, MD

Barrington, RI

Beacon, NY

Carmel, CA

Cleveland Heights, OH

Clinton Township, MI

Concord, NH

Covington, LA

Dallas, TX

Danvers, MA

Denmark, WI

Des Plaines, IL

Eldridge, IA

Elysburg, PA

Erie, PA

Eugene, OR

Flemington, NJ

Georgetown, CA

Hialeah, FL

Iron Mountain, MI

Indianapolis, IN

Jackson, MS

Jefferson City, MO

Kaneohe, HI

Kensington, CA

La Plata, MD

Lake Elmo, MN

Lafayette, LA

Latrobe, PA

Little Rock, AR

Littleton, CO

Louisville, KY

Loretto, PA

Morristown, NJ

Mobile, AL

New Caney, TX

New Franken, WI

Pewaukee, WI

Pittsford, NY

Philadelphia, PA

Piedmont, OK

Reno, NV

Roxbury, MA

Saint Louis, MO

Salt Lake City, UT

San Antonio, TX

San Diego, CA

San Francisco, CA

San Rafael, CA

Santa Clara, CA

Santa Fe, NM

Savannah, GA

Schenectady, NY

Seattle, WA

Sioux City, IA

Springfield, MO

Sugarloaf, PA

Terre Haute, IN

Traverse City, MI

Valparaiso, NE



Sister Adorers of the Precious Blood



Brooklyn, NY

Watertown, NY

Portland, ME

Lafayette, IN

Manchester, NH



Dominican Nuns



Marbury, AL

Los Angeles, CA

Menlo Park, CA

North Guilford, CT

Washington, DC

Lockport, LA

West Springfield, MA

Farmington Hills, MI

Ortonville, MI

Camden, NJ

Newark, NJ

Summit, NJ

Union City, NJ

Bronx, NY

Buffalo, NY

Elmira, NY

Syracuse, NY

Lancaster, PA

Lufkin, TX

Milwaukee, WI



Passionist Nuns



Whitesville, KY

Erlanger, KY

Ellisville, MO



Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters



Saint Louis, MO

Philadelphia, PA



Visitation Nuns



Mobile, AL

Snellville, GA

Tyringham, MA

Philadelphia, PA

Rockville, VA

Brooklyn, NY

Washington, DC

Toledo, OH

Frederick, MD



Poor Clare Colettine



Minooka, IL

Rockford, IL

Kokomo, IN

Cleveland, OH

Santa Barbara, CA



Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration



Hanceville, AL

Portsmouth, OH

Cleveland, OH

Washington, DC

Phoenix, AZ



Capuchin Poor Clares



Poor Clares



Belleville, IL

Boston, MA



Okay... I have a LOT to work on... I know there is a lot I have left off... I apologize and I will finish the list sometime soon, but for now, if you could please help me with what I have so far? Thank you!

There's also the Poor Clares in St. Louis, MO...no webpage, but you can contact them at:


There are also the Intercessors of the Lamb, a group of hermits, in St. Louis as well....http://www.bellwetheromaha.org/

And the Society of Our Mother of Peace who are hemits also:

We have the Visitation Nuns in St. Louis (Second Federation) and the Redemptoristine Nuns in Liguori, Missouri which is located in the Archdiocese of St. Louis.

The Discalced Carmelites in Arlington, TX are top notch. I'll get you their address.

Have you tried my website:

Society of Our Lady of the Cloister

We also have a "cloisters without websites" page.

Blessings,
Gemma

I used your site IMMENSLY!


I have the addresses for all the communities listed, don't worry, but thanks for letting me know they are excellent!


Thanks! I have most of those I think, I just haven't gotten around to typing them up yet... I didn't know about the Society of Our Mother of Peace though, thanks for the heads up


I got the Redemptoristines! They just didn'r get added quite yet... I have a lot of communities to add still, mayn many Poor Clares as well... along with contemplative/cloistered men's communities as well...


Can I ask what the dance is for?


Wouldn't it be kinda cool if phatmass had a 'database' of faithful orthodox orders ('specially ones with habits ) with all the contacts, links and such? Just kinda was thinking about this now...

Wow, what a list! I can vouch for the orthodoxy of the Dominican Monastery of St. Jude in Marbury, Alabama.

Visitation nuns in Washington, DC? I know there used to be one in New York City or thereabouts (NOT the Second Federation Brooklyn monastery--I'm talking a First Federation monastery).

When did this happen? To which federation do they belong?

Blessings,
Gemma

The pink sisters also have convents in Lincoln, Nebraska and in Texas. The Passionists have 5 US convents.

Pink Sisters--yes Lincoln, NE, and Corpus Christi, TX

Passionists-- Erlanger, KY; Whitesville, KY; Pittsburgh, PA.

There's also a CP monastery in Clark Summit, PA, but we don't promote them because they modernized too much. Last I saw, they wore 'civvies'.

Where's the fifth one?

Blessings,
Gemma

I'm dancing because you have OLAM on your list. Gemma's site doesn't have them listed, I guess they're not large enough yet.

I think the Carmelites in New Franken and Denmark are one in the same convent. They just built a new convent (for four or five sisters; this convent cost 12 million dollars I think) and now are only in denmark. Now dont' quote me, but I think this accurate.

I don't have them listed as per their request--they already have too many applicants.

Blessings,
Gemma

In that case.

Missouri has a Passionist convent I believe. It's part of the St. Louis Diocese site on their contemplative sisters.
BTW don't forget the Good Shepherd Contemplatives.
Also there are at least 12 Benedictine monasteries which are fully contemplative.

I can't believe I forgot Missouri! Someone I know was accepted to enter there, but she hasn't due to family problems.

As I said, I don't cover the "undercover" nuns. The habit is what the Lord wants. A discerner I worked with looked at the OSBs in Missouri, and after she started attending the Latin Mass, wouldn't have anything to do with them.

I had developed a monastic tour of St. Louis, but we moved before I could implement it.

Blessings,
Gemma

In addition to what Angela is working on for me, I have a list of 200 communities in spreadsheet format. We will be posting al of them to the Conference Website during the summer. Thanks to all who are assisting Angela, we need Prayer Warriors to open the minds and hearts of teens, young adults and parents.

That's what our Cloisterites will be doing--offering everything for the increase of cloistered vocations.

Blessings,
Gemma

Sorry to be a bummer, but the Newark monastery of the Dominican Nuns closed in 2003. It is now a formation house for the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal.Also, the Washington D.C. sisters are moving to Virginia and building a new monastery.

Thank you!

The idea about a convent database is a great one! That would be really great.

They did move from the New Franken address to Denmark. The convent is one of the most beautiful things I've seen in my life; I got to tour it before they moved. My understanding is that there are more than five sisters. Someone who is fairly close to them told me 12, I think. I was surprised, though, because that's more than what I'd heard. I've heard them sing the divine office before, and their voices sounded young. (You can't see them even through the grate because of the way the chapel is positioned.)

Well, it is the Georgetown Monastery... here is there website... I may have just assumed that they were Visitation Nuns...
http://www.georgetownvisitation.org/

What is the address for the Pittsburg Nuns?

They do have a little slice of web space: http://www.poor-clares.org/stlouis/st-louis.html

Okau, I added some more and also made some corrections per your information... These are just Women's communities... If there are more additions that should be included or corrections, feel free to tell me! Thanks all! (This list isn't entirely different than the first one... it just has a bit more added to the bottom... I have not included some communities still... it isn't the complete women's list yet...)






Discalced Carmelite Nuns



Ada Parnell, MI

Alexandria, SD

Alhambra, CA

Arlington, TX

Buffalo, NY

Baltimore, MD

Barrington, RI

Beacon, NY

Carmel, CA

Cleveland Heights, OH

Clinton Township, MI

Concord, NH

Covington, LA

Dallas, TX

Danvers, MA

Denmark, WI

Des Plaines, IL

Eldridge, IA

Elysburg, PA

Erie, PA

Eugene, OR

Flemington, NJ

Georgetown, CA

Hialeah, FL

Iron Mountain, MI

Indianapolis, IN

Jackson, MS

Jefferson City, MO

Kaneohe, HI

Kensington, CA

La Plata, MD

Lake Elmo, MN

Lafayette, LA

Latrobe, PA

Little Rock, AR

Littleton, CO

Louisville, KY

Loretto, PA

Morristown, NJ

Mobile, AL

New Caney, TX

Pewaukee, WI

Pittsford, NY

Philadelphia, PA

Piedmont, OK

Reno, NV

Roxbury, MA

Saint Louis, MO

Salt Lake City, UT

San Antonio, TX

San Diego, CA

San Francisco, CA

San Rafael, CA

Santa Clara, CA

Santa Fe, NM

Savannah, GA

Schenectady, NY

Seattle, WA

Sioux City, IA

Springfield, MO

Sugarloaf, PA

Terre Haute, IN

Traverse City, MI

Valparaiso, NE



Sister Adorers of the Precious Blood



Brooklyn, NY

Watertown, NY

Portland, ME

Lafayette, IN

Manchester, NH



Dominican Nuns



Marbury, AL

Los Angeles, CA

Menlo Park, CA

North Guilford, CT

Washington, DC

Lockport, LA

West Springfield, MA

Farmington Hills, MI

Ortonville, MI

Camden, NJ

Summit, NJ

Union City, NJ

Bronx, NY

Buffalo, NY

Elmira, NY

Syracuse, NY

Lancaster, PA

Lufkin, TX

Milwaukee, WI



Passionist Nuns



Whitesville, KY

Erlanger, KY

Ellisville, MO

Pittsburgh, PA




Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters



Saint Louis, MO

Philadelphia, PA
Lincoln, NE
Corpus Christi, TX



Visitation Nuns



Mobile, AL

Snellville, GA

Tyringham, MA

Philadelphia, PA

Rockville, VA

Brooklyn, NY

Washington, DC

Toledo, OH

Frederick, MD



Poor Clare Colettine



Minooka, IL

Rockford, IL

Belleville, IL

Kokomo, IN

Cleveland, OH

Santa Barbara, CA

Roswell, NM



Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration



Hanceville, AL

Portsmouth, OH

Cleveland, OH

Washington, DC

Phoenix, AZ



Capuchin Poor Clares



Denver, CO

Wilmington, DE

Amarillo, TX



Poor Clares (OSC and other Poor Clares if not known)



Boston, MA

Saint Louis, MO

Los Altos Hills, CA

Newport News, VA

Columbus, NJ

Langhorne, PA

Memphis, TN

New Orleans, LA

Wappingers Falls, NY

Omaha, NE

Aptos, CA

Sauk Rapids, MN



Augustian Nuns



New Lenox, IL



Handmaids of the Precious Blood



Jemez Springs, NM



Nuns of Perpetual Adoration



San Francisco, CA



Sacramentine Nuns



Scarsdale, NY

I can vouch for the orthodoxy of both the Discalced Carmelite Nuns of Santa Clara and the Poor Clare Nuns of Los Altos Hills.

They are both great communities... and growing! Each cloister added 2 postulants last year, thanks be to God!

Discalced Carmelites by the rules of St. Theresa can only have at most 21 members to a monastery. This was/is to keep a family type atmosphere in a house of prayer.

Schenectady and Pittsford Carme merged last year so now they are all at Schenectady. Also FYI there are a few Carmels that have more than 21 sisters.....They have to obtain permission from the Holy See to be able to have more sisters.

Anyone know where I can find a list of Carmelites of Ancient Observance? They are kinda left out of the list...

Here you go missy http://www.ocarm.org/eng/index.htm

There are Poor Clares in Greenville SC. I was going to do a retreat with them last year but couldn't. I don't know how Orthodox they are but I think they wear a modified habit. They have a website. www.poorclaresc.com.

Sorry my bad Schenectady and Pittsford merged and now at PITTSFORD not Schenectady! Sorry

Deborah] 8:25 pm: I have noticed that there is usually no mention about Visitation
Nuns on this site. Well, they are out there. They now consist of two Federations.
The First Federation are cloistered nuns. They retain the traditional habit. The
community I am most familiar with is located in Tyringham, MA. Their web site is
www.vistyr.org
[Deborah] 8:26 pm: The Novice Mistress is Sister Alice Marie.
[Deborah] 8:27 pm: If I knew how to do it, I could attach pictures of their monastery
and of the recent ceremony of Solemn Profession of Sr Bernadette Therese, VHM.
Can anyone out there help me?

Okay… *gulp* here it goes!



Discalced Carmelite Nuns



Ada Parnell, MI

Alexandria, SD

Alhambra, CA

Arlington, TX

Buffalo, NY

Baltimore, MD

Barrington, RI

Beacon, NY

Carmel, CA

Cleveland Heights, OH

Clinton Township, MI

Concord, NH

Covington, LA

Dallas, TX

Danvers, MA

Denmark, WI

Des Plaines, IL

Eldridge, IA

Elysburg, PA

Erie, PA

Eugene, OR

Flemington, NJ

Georgetown, CA

Hialeah, FL

Iron Mountain, MI

Indianapolis, IN

Jackson, MS

Jefferson City, MO

Kaneohe, HI

Kensington, CA

La Plata, MD

Lake Elmo, MN

Lafayette, LA

Latrobe, PA

Little Rock, AR

Littleton, CO

Louisville, KY

Loretto, PA

Morristown, NJ

Mobile, AL

New Caney, TX

New Franken, WI

Pewaukee, WI

Pittsford, NY

Philadelphia, PA

Piedmont, OK

Reno, NV

Roxbury, MA

Saint Louis, MO

Salt Lake City, UT

San Antonio, TX

San Diego, CA

San Francisco, CA

San Rafael, CA

Santa Clara, CA

Santa Fe, NM

Savannah, GA

Schenectady, NY

Seattle, WA

Sioux City, IA

Springfield, MO

Sugarloaf, PA

Terre Haute, IN

Traverse City, MI

Valparaiso, NE



Sister Adorers of the Precious Blood



Brooklyn, NY

Watertown, NY

Portland, ME

Lafayette, IN

Manchester, NH



Dominican Nuns



Marbury, AL

Los Angeles, CA

Menlo Park, CA

North Guilford, CT

Washington, DC

Lockport, LA

West Springfield, MA

Farmington Hills, MI

Ortonville, MI

Camden, NJ

Newark, NJ

Summit, NJ

Union City, NJ

Bronx, NY

Buffalo, NY

Elmira, NY

Syracuse, NY

Lancaster, PA

Lufkin, TX

Milwaukee, WI



Passionist Nuns



Whitesville, KY

Erlanger, KY

Ellisville, MO



Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters



Saint Louis, MO

Philadelphia, PA



Visitation Nuns



Mobile, AL

Snellville, GA

Tyringham, MA

Philadelphia, PA

Rockville, VA

Brooklyn, NY

Washington, DC

Toledo, OH

Frederick, MD



Poor Clare Colettine



Minooka, IL

Rockford, IL

Kokomo, IN

Cleveland, OH

Santa Barbara, CA



Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration



Hanceville, AL

Portsmouth, OH

Cleveland, OH

Washington, DC

Phoenix, AZ



Capuchin Poor Clares



Poor Clares



Belleville, IL

Boston, MA



Okay... I have a LOT to work on... I know there is a lot I have left off... I apologize and I will finish the list sometime soon, but for now, if you could please help me with what I have so far? Thank you!
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They are in Georgetown and have been for about a hundred years I think. They are second federation and wear a modified habit (blue tunic, blue veil, sandals and the Visitation Cross.

Hey Deborah welcome to PM! Iam just wondering are you talking about the Visitation Nuns?? I thought I saw the Visitation Nuns on the list. Also you have pictures of Sr Bernadette Therese profession?? I would so like to see them! Isn't she the sister that does Novitate news on their site? Again welcome to PM!

They are in Georgetown and have been for about a hundred years I think. They are second federation and wear a modified habit (blue tunic, blue veil, sandals and the Visitation Cross.

Thank for the info about the Federations... I really had no clue... so, Second Federation are not cloistered then?


Got it!


Thanks!

There are cloistered Benedictines:

Regina Laudis Bethlehem, CT--full latin office w/ Gregorian Chant

OSB's affiliated w/ solesmes in Vermont--Gregorian chant also at the Monasteryof Mary Immaculate--full habit

Petersham MA nuns--habit and full office.

OSB nuns on an island in Washington, habit, office, raise livestock

Abbey St. Walburga CO habit, office, farming, livestock

St. Emma Monastery in PA - do work in monastery; I don't know if they're cloistered but their mission is retreats, full habit and office.

I don't want to be wet blanket, but there are already many sites for 'orthodox' orders listings--institute for religious life, vocations.com, and religiousministry,com, which includes all comers but which is also very complete.

There are also the Poor Clare Colletines in Lemont, IL

http://www.epictetus.com/poorclare.html

Oh, they have such a beautiful chapel!! I actually used a picture from their chapel for my blog banner.

Passionist Nuns
Our Lady of Sorrows Monastery
2715 Churchview Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15227
(412) 881-1155

Please be aware that the phone number and area codes both may have changed.

Blessings,
Gemma

Bump for data collection purposes...

I am bumping this to find some addresses... or at least get some help with locating addresses and web pages/sites if they are out there... These are Poor Clare Communities...

I need addresses and web sites (if existent) for these communities:

North Royalton, OH
Andover (Lowell), MA
Bordentown, NJ (609) 298-0016
Ft. Myers Beach, FL
Stamford, CT
Canton, OH
and this one?
Mt. Sinai, NY

These I could use websites for if they are out there...

Alexandria, VA
Aptos, CA
Cleveland, OH
Los Altos, CA
Newport News, VA
Roswell, NM (505) 622-0868
Sauk Rapids, MN

I think the Minooka, IL Community has a website... I just have to find it again...

This is the Poor Clare website, and you can find some of the webpages on there: http://www.poorclare.org/

I've looked on there... they have a number of broken links currently...

Canton, OH - PCPAs - but a different branch than Mother Angelica's - same French Mother Foundres though - http://www.poorclares.org/

Cleveland, OH - PCPA's - http://www.poorclare.org/cleveland/

Cleveland, OH - PCCs - http://www.poorclarecolettines-cleveland.org/index.htm

Los Altos Hills, CA - PCCs - http://poor-clares.org/losaltos/losaltosl.html

Roswell, NM - on IRL site, I don't think they have their own site - http://religiouslife.com/vocsearch/search....&criteria=d

Thanks! I didn't realize that I had a number of those already! My mind is slowly dissolving away I think...

Minooka, IL - same with them, just on IRL, and then another page on IRL - http://religiouslife.com/vocsearch/search....&criteria=d

Don't worry, I forget a lot too ..

Hmmm... I really thought I once found a website for the Monastery in Minooka... hmmm...