I've been accepted to postulancy with the Dominican Nuns of Our Lady of the Rosary Monastery in Summit, NJ.

(*Waves to Sr. Mary Catharine*)

Entrance date is...unknown.... I need to get rid of some loans.

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CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations. May God bless your desire to give yourself totally to Him. May all the Dominican Saints and Blessed, known and unknown, make your way to your future home a peaceful journey! With love and prayers to you....Perpetualove

joy joy joy joy joy joy joy

Congratulations!!!!!

St. Catherine of Siena, pray for us!!

Congratulations. Loans can be gotten rid of. I got rid of mine 4 and a half months ago
:hug:

Congratulations! :-) Should I tell everyone your reaction when I told you over the phone?

She just wouldn't believe me at first! And then, "Does that mean I can sew numbers on my clothing!"

We're all praying that you'll be with us SOON!

Congratulations! What wonderful news. Know that my thoughts and prayers are with you as you make upcoming preparations.

God bless you.

Jaimie

CONGRATULATIONS !!!
This is wonderful news and my prayers are with you.

Congratulations - I pray you may enter quickly and with great joy!

Congratulations!

Congratulations!!! God bless you!!

YAY! Congratulations!

Woooo!

Can't believe I'm the first one to do this, but...



Dancing tacos are in order

Congratulations, and keep us posted!

Congrats!!!

Hope you don't have lots of debt to pay off. It's so excited...I wish I could say "I'm accepted!" too.

Be assured my prayers with you these days

I have about $40,000 in debt from student loans, I believe. I have to call the lenders to find out the exact amount. So yes, I have a lot.

Thank you, everyone, for the congratulations and the prayers!

I'm sorry this got posted twice...I have no idea how that happened.

May I add my sincere congradulations to everyone else's! Don't worry...I am sure that everything will work out for you. Passionheart had student loans of around $63000, but once she was accepted to Buffalo, it disappeared within six months I believe. Be assured of my prayers for your speedy arrival to Summit!

Thanks to everyone for the prayers and congratulations! Things are moving along and I'm hoping to enter January 28th. I contacted all the loan people and found out that the loans are actually only around $28,000.00 instead of the 40k I originally thought. I'm applying to a grant program, and have asked my parish, and the pastor is asking the Knights of Columbus and Altar Rosary Society on my behalf. All of that is going well.

What ISNT going well is withdrawing from College (I've only completed 2.5 years). All of my professors and advisors are upset with me and think I'm throwing away my life, along with my family. So it is hard, but there is no doubt in my mind that this is what I should be doing, I can only pray that God bestows the grace upon them that is needed to come to terms with my departure.

PRAY for me! I'm frightened a bit of withdrawing from school since it is pretty much irreversible and renders my 80 credits useless (no other institution would accept them...they are religious studies haha). I'm trusting God, but apparently not enough to dispell the fear

PS- I accept donations for my loan debt

May you persevere in your vocation. This is a wonerful thing to hear...will
remember you in prayer. Pray too for Domincan orders especially Union City which may be closing from a lack of vocations. God's blessings and good luck!!!


Antoniette

Imelda,

It gets tough at times doesn't it? You and I aren't so far apart! Well, I am older, married and with children, but I do really understand. You see, I made a choice a long time ago to be a housewife. That meant we would live very simply, no big homes, expensive vacations, clothes with designer labels...but I was more than ready for it. However, other people weren't.

Family and friends were not happy that I was "just staying around the house" as they inaccurately put it. To them this meant that I was just throwing my life away. (sound familiar??) I knew in my heart that being a housewife was right (and do-able) for me. My family fretted and fumed that I needed to know how to do something "just in case"~~translate that into just in case of divorce. Wow, that hurt. My own family didn't have enough confidence in my choices. But I stuck with it. They got over their fears.

All these years later, I'm still a housewife with teenagers and one child turning 20! I haven't regretted my choice for a moment either. I am so glad I never gave up my vocation as a housewife, even when it got really rough. These days I still get the awkward pause in a Dr. dental, or other office when I am asked "Occupation?" When I tell them, sometimes people are taken aback. One thing I have stubbornly done over the years though: If these offices print out my info and where it says "occupation" they simply put "unemployed" I always cross it out and put "Housewife"

We all have our vocations Imelda. You go girl!

Nothing is waste in God's eyes. FEAR is normal. If you don't have a little bit of fear, I would be worry. Jesus just wants your "YES" and the rest leaves it to Him. Fix your gaze on Him and you'll be amazed.

If offerings/donations are accepting, where to send it, huh???

Many blessings

Anyone who wants to donate can PM me for address

I second the dancing tacos!
That is so wonderful!
(All these people entering...it makes me so much more impatient for my retreat! Argh!)
My prayers are with you!!
:hug:

Like I said before, I will definitely pray for you!
I can relate to the "throwing away your life" part. Many of my friends have been supportive of my choice to try my vocation, but some of them think it is a waste of my college education, my mind, etc., etc. Fortunately the "big" people (my family, etc.) don't feel this way! But it does make it that much harder.
When I was in college I once told my advisor that I wanted to be a stay-at-home mom. Her jaw just about hit the floor.
Mother Angelica said something to the effect that just because you trust God doesn't mean you don't have fear. Someone once asked her why she took so much maalox if she had such great faith. She told him, "my friend, my stomach doesn't know about my great faith."

The vocation of housewife is the highest in the world! After all, isn't that what our Lady was! Our cloistered vocation is very similiar! Except for little kids running around it isn't much different and there are times when some sisters make me think that they just turned 12!

People love to talk about service jobs, etc. but the first service is in the heart of the home!
God bless you for embracing your vocation and being proud of it! My mom was the same way. She did have to work for awhile but she was able to bring work home, too. She worked on computers and loved it! She hated the secretarial job she first had and purposely went into building computer parts, etc. because she enjoyed it. She taught me that career isn't life, just one part of it.

Please know of my prayers always for you and your vocation! Summit is a great place!

God Bless you always!

Christopher

AWESOME, another vocation to Summit! YAY! Many prayers directed to that community and you!

So 13 days until my entrance (that is if I get the St. Joseph's Grant)!

When my grandfather died, we were pretty sure that he knew it was coming but hadn't told us. I couldn't understand why he wouldn't tell his family. NOW I think I have a better understanding. I'm certainly not dying, but EVERYONE is asking for some time with me before I enter, even people I barely know.

It is all kind of overwhelming....there is so much to do and SO little time (especially since I'll be in DC from Thursday until next Wednesday for the Missionaries of the Eucharist + March for Life).

AND I just found out that my internal heart monitor's battery died, so it needs to be taken out....however, I only have ONE day (Next Thursday) where I have time and space for surgery. Craziness!

Please, keep praying for me!

I should find out Thursday or Friday if I get the St. Joseph's Grant. Pray pray pray!

I am soooo very pleased for you, congratulations to you and to the community who
are blessed in getting you. Their joy must be great at the moment with you coming entering as a Postulant and two Clothings coming up. I think you will be entering a very happy community, and they look great on their blog and web site,
Many prayers for you, Adele.

I am so happy to read this and to read over at Moniales.blogspot.com that the Summit nuns will be receiving both you and Miriam, and clothing their two postulants in the habit. God is good. I will pray for all of these budding vocations.

DameAgnes--

Actually I'm entering as a postulant...so I'm not the other aspirant mentioned on the blog!

Congratulations! I wouldn't worry too much about pulling out of school. At a minimum, they will probably keep your records on file for something like 10 years (until you are fully professed). Entering a Dominican house, you can be sure that they will help you keep your mind sharp. This is very exciting, I'm so happy for you!

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DameAgnes--

Actually I'm entering as a postulant...so I'm not the other aspirant mentioned on the blog!

Heh. That's correct. Funny how I am already thinking of Miriam as a postulant!

God Be Praised! I pray that Our Lord will shower you with His Graces to persevere and serve Him all the days of your life.

Hey!!

I wanted to let everyone know that I was awarded a St. Joseph's Grant to cover my student loan debt!! So I'm officially entering on the 28th of this month (aka in a little over 7 days).

Congratulations!!!

How very exciting!!

That is so wonderful to hear Thanks for the update. We will miss you around here...

sorry, double post...

sorry, triple post

sorry, quad post...

my computer went a little crazy...

Certainly, next to the priesthood.

Wow! Its wonderful that you got your debt taken care of!! Prayers for you and the Nuns!!!

Many congrats!!

How does the St. Joseph's grant work? (I googled "St. Joseph's Grant" but didn't get anything). If you leave, do you have to pay them back? Does the money aspirants and would-be seminaries receive from Serra Club, Knights of Columbus, etc. come with strings attached--so much per year towards debts until it's all paid off at profession--or what? It seems that, particularly applied to college debt, there is opportunity for scams here, not (obviously) with you, but with unscrupulous persons who see a way here ("applying" to religious orders, later walking away) to pay off college debt.

http://fundforvocations.org/StJDetails.php

Thanks for the link, that's a good resource to have.

Oh my gosh, what wonderful news - does it feel like it's all happening so quickly?

To think of it! In a little over 7 days you will enter the monastery doors and that will be - as the psalmist says - "my resting place, forever" should all go well!

It must be both terrifying and marvelous - a terrible beauty.

I will keep you especially in my prayers in these next 7 days as I pray the LOTH - what an awesome time for you!

Dame--
It really doesn't feel like it is happening too quickly. Though it seems that it should be completely overwhelming, I'm at great peace with it. While I am entering the monastery with the hopes that it will be "my resting place forever", it must be remembered that postulancy is a discernment period where one is not actually a member of the community.

Thank you for your prayers (everyone)!

6 days

PS- I was at the March for Life today--- AWESOME

Prayers prayers prayers for you!!! I will try to remember you in my nightly rosaries for the next 6 nights!

How exciting!!

keep us posted!

We saw you at the Mass last night...well, it depends! The camera several times was on the Missionaries and at one point we said, "There's Lauren!" Thereupon Sr. Deepa and ran up to the TV. She pointed to the right and I pointed to the left!!!!

See you in just a few days!!!!

SMC

Whatever vocation we are called to is the highest vocation. One is not greater then any other. A person in a third world country faithfully answering the call to married life is equal to the vocation of any other answered faithfully, whether it be priest, religious, married, consecrated virgin or any other.

I recently attended a vocation day. One of the inquirers was very upset because she felt she was not called to religious life and she believed that was a higher calling then married life. To a person, every religious in the room assured her that we do not feel this is a higher calling. If you faithfully listen to where the spirit calls, you are answering the highest calling.

Sorry, that is a heresy condemned by the Council of Trent. The priesthood is the highest vocation.