Women With Religious Vocations?

[cmotherofpirl]

Aren't Benedictine nuns cloistered as well?

[crusader1234]

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Edited June 22, 2004 by crusader1234

[Pio Nono]

JMJ
6/22 - Sts. Thomas More and John Fisher

[quote]Aren't Benedictine nuns cloistered as well?[/quote]

They have [b]a[/b] cloister, but they aren't cloistered [i]per se[/i].

[sistersintigo]

[quote name='FutureNunJMJ' date='16 April 2004 - 10:31 PM' timestamp='1082169077' post='165807']
+JMJ+

Right! If I started a womens order in the Jesuits, I'd have to take it up before the Pope. Hey! Then I can actually meet him then! Thanks for your help though! God Bless!

Yours in the Most Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary,

FutureNunJMJ
[/quote]
Her name was Mary Ward, actually, and between her birth and death in the British Isles (born in Ireland, I believe, then schooled in Yorkshire), she went to Rome on foot to face the Pope herself. She shouldered much responsibility and with it much controversy. Her story is well documented and numerous books can be read about her. And yes, she was passionately Ignatian (she lived closer to the time of St. Ignatius himself than to our era), and the active-apostolate women who succeeded her have been devoted to the Ignatian charism from that day to this.
I have seen (online) a photo of the museum exhibit that preserves her battered shoes.
Of the diverse international groups who aligned themselves with her charism over the centuries, two survive:
Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (IBVM) often known as Loreto Sisters, and
Congregatio Jesu (CJ) with its generalate in Rome.

[melporcristo]

JMJT+

I have been discerning off and on for about 5 years ... life has been pretty crazy those 5 years, but one thing remains: Trust!
Discernment is such a long journey but it's also a great adventure! Lately, I've been going through a spiritual dryness and of course, my discernment struggles with that. Within the past year ('09) I have visited 2 amazing orders that I love. I felt a strong peace and happiness at one but then visited a cloister and got a little confused after that. I want to be open but I also want to be able to pick an order that would be the right one for me.

If you can pray for me about that, that would be great!

[brightsadness]

Praying for you. Please pray for me. Decisions happening soon.

[HisChild]

[quote name='brightsadness' date='02 January 2010 - 02:08 PM' timestamp='1262466529' post='2028733']
Praying for you. Please pray for me. Decisions happening soon.
[/quote]

You're always in my prayers. I can't wait to hear what you decide (although I think I already know.)

[melporcristo]

[quote name='brightsadness' date='02 January 2010 - 02:08 PM' timestamp='1262466529' post='2028733']
Praying for you. Please pray for me. Decisions happening soon.
[/quote]

Will pray!!