Iam not sure if people know about this but the monks of adoration down in the Venice diocese have been suppressed due to lack of vocations. The monks built a monastery under the old bishop and now the newly installed bishop has asked them to leave. The really sad part is that they just build a new monastery which was completed last year and now they may have to sell it....The monks are writing to bishops all around the country to see if any are open to them coming to their diocese. The monks offered online live adoration...which was pretty cool. Please keep them in your prayers!

http://www.monksofadoration.org/

odd, i never understood how they have been around quite a long time, very public, moving, building etc., but never had a vocation other then the 2 original...kinda odd...

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That is odd. It sounds like a phantastic apostolate!

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That is odd. It sounds like a phantastic apostolate!

I know Bro Craig and Bro. John. They have good intentions but it's just never worked out. When a community doesn't grow it's usually an indication that mostly likely this new religious community isn't meant to come to maturity. I had Bro. Craig's aunt as a teacher in 8th grade.

Thanks for letting me know. I'd lost track of them since I entered here.

aw man that sucks. they were the first order that i actually found an interest in. i stumbled on Br. Craig's "monk notes" and have read them all.. even printed them out to read again. i liked their apostolate and their schedule and all that. they valued excercise, adoration, were into computers, etc. i even was out in Florida for a few days but never got a chance to look into them. oh well if things don't work out i hope they keep the website up because it helped me a lot. *prayers*

What a shame. I sent them money for the "Buck a Brick" Program and several of my blog's readers did the same.

Drats!!!!!
I love that place!!!!

Only two brothers? and they managed to get a new monastary built? wow! grace at work! Gods work sometimes seems to be suppressed-I'm sure that either the new bishop will reconsider or they will find another bishop to welcome them elsewhere.

hm if they were to come to california, i'd be there..

Sometimes God closes a door and opens it somewhere else to lead us to the place we need to go. If God has blessed the brothers in many ways and made their ministry fruitful, perhaps He is just testing their faith by this suppression and will lead them to a new place where they will find vocations. The first Passionists had only two vocations, St. Paul of the Cross and his brother, for many years and eventually became a large group bearing great fruit for the Church. Let us pray for these good men that they will have deep trust and much virtue at this very difficult time in their life of faith.