So I Read The Dominican Soul

[vee]

[url="http://www.ewtn.com/library/PRIESTS/OP-SOUL.TXT"]article here[/url]
by Fr Philipon OP and now Im off to join the DSMME








It is an excellent article, which I read at the suggestion of someone with an uncannily familiar name , and is something I would recommend anyone read. I can see myself in parts of it but it doesnt quite rip my heart out the same way reading stuff like this does.
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A Carmelite, my darling, is a soul who has gazed on the Crucified, who has seen Him offering Himself to His Father as a Victim for souls and, recollecting herself in this great vision of the charity of Christ, has understood the passionate love of His soul, and has wanted to give herself as He did! Bl Elizabeth of the Trinity[/i]

I need to think on this more anyway. In the mean time are there other cloistered Dominicans besides the Summit NJ ones? Not that they are bad or something on the contrary from over teh interwebz they look and sound wonderful but are there others? Also, say I joined the Dominicans how long after my entrance can I start inquisitioning people? Furthermore is it necessary to fall UP the stairs or is that only with some communities?


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Edited September 2, 2010 by vee8

[Hilde]

How cloistered is cloistered? We have contemplative dominicans right here. Just come and visit.

[dominicansoul]

[quote] Furthermore is it necessary to fall UP the stairs or is that only with some communities? [/quote]


WHAT happens in chat STAYS IN CHAT!

[vee]

[quote name='Hilde' timestamp='1283454085' post='2167073']
How cloistered is cloistered? We have contemplative dominicans right here. Just come and visit.
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Bars and stuff would be good. I kinda dont speak Norwaygian though. KInda as in not at all.

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WHAT happens in chat STAYS IN CHAT!


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Theres a chat? I was just hoping to look into the Dominicans of the Awkward

[OnlySunshine]

YOU'VE BEEN CONVERTED!

[Hilde]

[quote name='vee8' timestamp='1283455191' post='2167080']
Bars and stuff would be good. I kinda dont speak Norwaygian though. KInda as in not at all.



Theres a chat? I was just hoping to look into the Dominicans of the Awkward
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First of all miss vee, you speak English. So I think you'll be fine. I'm not sure if they have a bar, I'll check next time.

[IrishSalesian]

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WHAT happens in chat STAYS IN CHAT!


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[the_rev]

There are some cloistered Dominicans in Lockport Louisianna, some girl from here I think just joined them. http://ldominican.xanga.com/

[IgnatiusofLoyola]

There are cloistered Dominicans in California. I accidentally ran across a blog yesterday of a woman who has a friend who just joined them.

There are many others. I just found the Web site of the Association of Dominican nuns (not Sisters) in the U.S.

Here is the list of communities.

[url="http://dominicannuns.org/"]http://dominicannuns.org/[/url]

Note: One community is in B.C.

Edited September 2, 2010 by IgnatiusofLoyola

[Indwelling Trinity]

[quote name='vee8' timestamp='1283453887' post='2167072']
[url="http://www.ewtn.com/library/PRIESTS/OP-SOUL.TXT"]article here[/url]
by Fr Philipon OP and now Im off to join the DSMME








It is an excellent article, which I read at the suggestion of someone with an uncannily familiar name , and is something I would recommend anyone read. I can see myself in parts of it but it doesnt quite rip my heart out the same way reading stuff like this does.
[i]
A Carmelite, my darling, is a soul who has gazed on the Crucified, who has seen Him offering Himself to His Father as a Victim for souls and, recollecting herself in this great vision of the charity of Christ, has understood the passionate love of His soul, and has wanted to give herself as He did! Bl Elizabeth of the Trinity[/i]

I need to think on this more anyway. In the mean time are there other cloistered Dominicans besides the Summit NJ ones? Not that they are bad or something on the contrary from over teh interwebz they look and sound wonderful but are there others? Also, say I joined the Dominicans how long after my entrance can I start inquisitioning people? Furthermore is it necessary to fall UP the stairs or is that only with some communities?


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Like you Very few saint speak to me a strongly as Elizabeth for she is somehow able to condense Carmelite spirituality into a unity. Father Phillipon's book on her is a classic especially the chapter on Ascesis of silence.

Laughing... as far as inquisitioning people.... I thought you had been doing that all along!

Wonderin how does on fall up the steps? For me i was dragged by my hair!

Edited September 2, 2010 by Indwelling Trinity

[Luigi]

http://www.usaopnuns.org/

This page shows most of the monasteries of Dominican nuns in the US and Canada. many of the monasteries have web pages. Some of those that have hyperlinks are no longer working, but this is a good place to start searching for other cloistered Dominicans.

[vee]

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First of all miss vee, you speak English. So I think you'll be fine. I'm not sure if they have a bar, I'll check next time.
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[quote name='the_rev' timestamp='1283460676' post='2167152']
There are some cloistered Dominicans in Lockport Louisianna, some girl from here I think just joined them. [url="http://ldominican.xanga.com/"]http://ldominican.xanga.com/[/url]
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Ah right her screen name was saint Therese, anyone know how she is doing? A quick look at their site I didnt really see anything on vocations though.

[quote name='IgnatiusofLoyola' timestamp='1283460914' post='2167155']
There are cloistered Dominicans in California. I accidentally ran across a blog yesterday of a woman who has a friend who just joined them.

There are many others. I just found the Web site of the Association of Dominican nuns (not Sisters) in the U.S.

Here is the list of communities.

[url="http://dominicannuns.org/"]http://dominicannuns.org/[/url]

Note: One community is in B.C.
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Thanks Iggy! I looked at the site for the ones in BC and maybe Im missing something again but they also dont seem to have anything about vocations. Also, and its kind of nitpicky, but I dont like how they use the word "space" when referring to the church ie they write "liturgical space." In my little world (population one) I start to get a little extra suspicious when I see that word on a religious community's site.

[vee]

[quote name='Indwelling Trinity' timestamp='1283464258' post='2167186']
Like you Very few saint speak to me a strongly as Elizabeth for she is somehow able to condense Carmelite spirituality into a unity. Father Phillipon's book on her is a classic especially the chapter on Ascesis of silence.
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My book collection has somehow been overthrown by Carmelite saints Rant time It started with just one and now Ive got basically all the major works by or about a certain group of saints! Bl Elizabeth I know has been trying to get on my shelf too but Im not giving in yet!
[quote]Laughing... as far as inquisitioning people.... I thought you had been doing that all along! [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/harhar.gif[/img][/quote]

You would know, youve been around since the inquisition started!

[quote]Wonderin how does on fall up the steps? For me i was dragged by my hair! [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/owned.gif[/img][img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/w00t.gif[/img][img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/crusader.gif[/img][/quote]

Im not at liberty to say. By even saying the Dominicans actually have stairs is saying too much Im not sure I want to know why on Earth you were dragged by the hair up stairs! It sounds terrible!

[Nunsense]

TRAITOR! You will be sent to the Inquisition for such heresy - leaving the Carmelites for the Dominicans??

Oh, I know what it is, you have a fever, right? You are sick or insane and need help.

Srsly, I love the Dominicans, but a Carmelite can never run away from 'her' saints. Holy Mother Saint Teresa and Holy Father St John will send all the others after you until you recant your heresy and return to Mt Carmel.

Do you think I haven't tried to leave? Do you think I want to live a life of tears and self-abnegation when I could be in a library reading good books and debating spiritual topics with my sisters?

But noooooo, God calls some of us into the desert and like Jeremiah, we can't fight it even if we want to! When your heart starts burning again every time you read a quote from a Carmelite saint, or see a picture of a Carmelite nun, then what are you going to do?



So, prithee, get thee to a (Carmelite) nunnery and enough of this delusion about Dominicans (nice as they are). If you are called to get on that empty Cross with the Beloved.... where will you run that He can't find you?

Srsly

[Indwelling Trinity]

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My book collection has somehow been overthrown by Carmelite saints Rant time It started with just one and now Ive got basically all the major works by or about a certain group of saints! Bl Elizabeth I know has been trying to get on my shelf too but Im not giving in yet!


You would know, youve been around since the inquisition started!



Im not at liberty to say. By even saying the Dominicans actually have stairs is saying too much Im not sure I want to know why on Earth you were dragged by the hair up stairs! It sounds terrible!
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Laughing...brat i hope you bookshelf is inundated with books on Elizabeth!

[Indwelling Trinity]

[quote name='nunsense' timestamp='1283476389' post='2167289']
TRAITOR! You will be sent to the Inquisition for such heresy - leaving the Carmelites for the Dominicans??

Oh, I know what it is, you have a fever, right? You are sick or insane and need help.

Srsly, I love the Dominicans, but a Carmelite can never run away from 'her' saints. Holy Mother Saint Teresa and Holy Father St John will send all the others after you until you recant your heresy and return to Mt Carmel.

Do you think I haven't tried to leave? Do you think I want to live a life of tears and self-abnegation when I could be in a library reading good books and debating spiritual topics with my sisters?

But noooooo, God calls some of us into the desert and like Jeremiah, we can't fight it even if we want to! When your heart starts burning again every time you read a quote from a Carmelite saint, or see a picture of a Carmelite nun, then what are you going to do?



So, prithee, get thee to a (Carmelite) nunnery and enough of this delusion about Dominicans (nice as they are). If you are called to get on that empty Cross with the Beloved.... where will you run that He can't find you?

Srsly
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laughing hard here...go get her nunsense I'' just watch! :dance2:

[OnlySunshine]

[quote name='nunsense' timestamp='1283476389' post='2167289']
TRAITOR! You will be sent to the Inquisition for such heresy - leaving the Carmelites for the Dominicans??

Oh, I know what it is, you have a fever, right? You are sick or insane and need help.

Srsly, I love the Dominicans, but a Carmelite can never run away from 'her' saints. Holy Mother Saint Teresa and Holy Father St John will send all the others after you until you recant your heresy and return to Mt Carmel.

Do you think I haven't tried to leave? Do you think I want to live a life of tears and self-abnegation when I could be in a library reading good books and debating spiritual topics with my sisters?

But noooooo, God calls some of us into the desert and like Jeremiah, we can't fight it even if we want to! When your heart starts burning again every time you read a quote from a Carmelite saint, or see a picture of a Carmelite nun, then what are you going to do?



So, prithee, get thee to a (Carmelite) nunnery and enough of this delusion about Dominicans (nice as they are). If you are called to get on that empty Cross with the Beloved.... where will you run that He can't find you?

Srsly
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LOL, this is too funny! The Carmelites are awesome and for a very short time, I thought I might be called to them, but it was only a period of a few months and then I looked into the Franciscans which I REALLY thought were where I was called but...nope, God had different ideas. Dominican spirituality is where my heart is at. I love reading about the great Dominican saints such as St. Catherine and St. Rose (I refer to them often!). I will, God-willing, become a Dominican Tertiary in the near future, but I have some sorting out of my discernment to do before then. My personal life is still at the beginning after some walls were torn down by God Himself. I'm learning and I'm seeing what marvelous things He has in store for me. St. Catherine and St. Rose are my guardians and I look up to them as big sisters.

[Nunsense]

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LOL, this is too funny! The Carmelites are awesome and for a very short time, I thought I might be called to them, but it was only a period of a few months and then I looked into the Franciscans which I REALLY thought were where I was called but...nope, God had different ideas. Dominican spirituality is where my heart is at. I love reading about the great Dominican saints such as St. Catherine and St. Rose (I refer to them often!). I will, God-willing, become a Dominican Tertiary in the near future, but I have some sorting out of my discernment to do before then. My personal life is still at the beginning after some walls were torn down by God Himself. I'm learning and I'm seeing what marvelous things He has in store for me. St. Catherine and St. Rose are my guardians and I look up to them as big sisters.
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God has a very wicked sense of humor (if one can say such a thing about the all holy and all powerful God!). He overturns all our ideas and preferences and does what He wills. The good thing is that He always wills what is for our good. Gotta love Him

[Sarah147]

[quote name='nunsense' timestamp='1283476389' post='2167289']
TRAITOR! You will be sent to the Inquisition for such heresy - leaving the Carmelites for the Dominicans??

Oh, I know what it is, you have a fever, right? You are sick or insane and need help.

Srsly, I love the Dominicans, but a Carmelite can never run away from 'her' saints. Holy Mother Saint Teresa and Holy Father St John will send all the others after you until you recant your heresy and return to Mt Carmel.

Do you think I haven't tried to leave? Do you think I want to live a life of tears and self-abnegation when I could be in a library reading good books and debating spiritual topics with my sisters?

But noooooo, God calls some of us into the desert and like Jeremiah, we can't fight it even if we want to! When your heart starts burning again every time you read a quote from a Carmelite saint, or see a picture of a Carmelite nun, then what are you going to do?



So, prithee, get thee to a (Carmelite) nunnery and enough of this delusion about Dominicans (nice as they are). If you are called to get on that empty Cross with the Beloved.... where will you run that He can't find you?

Srsly
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[the_rev]

These dominicans aren't cloistered but they have provinces in Canada, I link to their about us page that says where they are:

http://www.sistersop.com/about.html