a simple low quality Video mix of the Benedictine Nuns at Le Barroux,France. Traditional,(Extraordinary Form)rites, Monastic Congregation, under the Holy See. mix 2005
currently one Sister is American.
it may not work well on slow computers.
http://www.lovetobecatholic.com/video_850_...enedictine.html
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an alternative link, that may be better/smoother, for some
pax
http://www.gloria.tv/?video=s2eh44i3rc5uhybos5zc

and a recently discovered article
Published: July 29, 1992
"But contemplative orders are now drawing comparatively more novices, Father Digounet said, "perhaps because that life offers greater contrast with the secular world." Unlike the novices of the past, the young women who join are middle class, urban and well educated, he said.

The changes, church officials caution, are not important enough to make for a true spiritual renewal.

"We must not exaggerate," Father Digounet said. "Religious practice and Sunday Mass attendance are still very low." At the last count, only 15 percent of France's Christians said they were regular worshipers. "But perhaps we have stopped sliding," he added. "Perhaps we see the beginning of a turnaround."

The sisters at Le Barroux are reluctant at first to discuss their plans and choices, a result of criticism they have endured in recent years. Why are they building a costly new convent instead of using one of the many that are empty or closing down?

"We tried," Sister Scholastique, the assistant prioress, said. "Several times when we found something suitable, talks broke down. They refused to sell to us. The bishops don't like us much because we are cloistered, because we are traditionalists."
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