How Does One Found An Order?

[CatherineM]

I just read a book about Catherine Doherty, and it really showed how she struggled to found the Madonna House Apostolate. She had a couple of false starts, and lots of opposition, both inside and outside the Church. Highly recommend reading it. Here's a [url="http://www.madonnahouse.org/publications/other/tchtb.htm"]Link to it.[/url]

[abrideofChrist]

[quote name='LaboureSociety' timestamp='1301429054' post='2224323']
I always wanted to found the Dominican Sisters of Saint Thomas Aquinas and we would all do doctoral work in Rome and teach at universities. That was my dream... lol. Now, I'm getting married.


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Congratulations on your engagement!

[emilier98]

[quote name='LaboureSociety' timestamp='1301429054' post='2224323']
I always wanted to found the Dominican Sisters of Saint Thomas Aquinas and we would all do doctoral work in Rome and teach at universities. That was my dream... lol. Now, I'm getting married.


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Oh please do it! Would we have the full Dominican habit with the veil and everything? That would be so amesome. I am having a horrible time finding an order that has the full habit and will take me since I'm 30.

[OnlySunshine]

[quote name='emilier98' timestamp='1301507608' post='2224733']
Oh please do it! Would we have the full Dominican habit with the veil and everything? That would be so amesome. I am having a horrible time finding an order that has the full habit and will take me since I'm 30.
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Have you looked at these orders that have age limits above 30 and have the full habit?

[url="http://nunsopsummit.org/vocations/"]Dominican Nuns of Summit, NJ[/url] (age limit of 35)

[url="http://www.vocationws.com/vocation/"]Dominican Nuns of West Springfield, MS[/url] (no age limit listed on their website, but I believe the VD I was in contact with said it was 35)

[url="http://www.opnunslancaster.org/vocation.asp"]Dominican Nuns of Lancaster, PA[/url] (age limit of 40)

[url="http://www.lindenopnuns.org/vocations.html"]Dominican Nuns of Linden, VA[/url] (age limit of 38)

[url="http://www.lindenopnuns.org/vocations.html"]Dominican Nuns of Lufkin, TX[/url] (age limit of 38)

[url="http://www.bronxop.org/Vocations.html"]Dominican Nuns of Bronx, NY[/url] (age limit of 45)

[url="http://www.opnuns.org/pages/formation-requirements.htm"]Dominican Nuns of Buffalo, NY[/url] (age limit of 35)

[url="http://monasteryofmarythequeen.op.org/join-us/vocation-requirements.php"]Dominican Nuns of Elmira, NY[/url] (age limit of 40)

[url="http://www.opnuns-fh.org/html/vocations.html"]Dominican Nuns of Farmington Mills, MI[/url] (age limit of 40)

Also, if you are interested in only active/contemplative orders, there are these options:

[url="http://www.cmswr.org/member_communities/DSOIC.htm"]Dominican Sisters of the Immaculate Conception[/url] (age limit of 35)

[url="http://www.hawthorne-dominicans.org/s201.htm"]Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne[/url] (age limit of 50)

[url="http://daughtersofstdominic.org/index.html"]Daughters of St. Dominic in Steubenville, OH[/url] (no age limit listed, but I am pretty sure it's over 30)

Hope this helps!

[emilier98]

[quote name='MaterMisericordiae' timestamp='1301510340' post='2224737']
Have you looked at these orders that have age limits above 30 and have the full habit?

[url="http://nunsopsummit.org/vocations/"]Dominican Nuns of Summit, NJ[/url] (age limit of 35)

[url="http://www.vocationws.com/vocation/"]Dominican Nuns of West Springfield, MS[/url] (no age limit listed on their website, but I believe the VD I was in contact with said it was 35)

[url="http://www.opnunslancaster.org/vocation.asp"]Dominican Nuns of Lancaster, PA[/url] (age limit of 40)

[url="http://www.lindenopnuns.org/vocations.html"]Dominican Nuns of Linden, VA[/url] (age limit of 38)

[url="http://www.lindenopnuns.org/vocations.html"]Dominican Nuns of Lufkin, TX[/url] (age limit of 38)

[url="http://www.bronxop.org/Vocations.html"]Dominican Nuns of Bronx, NY[/url] (age limit of 45)

[url="http://www.opnuns.org/pages/formation-requirements.htm"]Dominican Nuns of Buffalo, NY[/url] (age limit of 35)

[url="http://monasteryofmarythequeen.op.org/join-us/vocation-requirements.php"]Dominican Nuns of Elmira, NY[/url] (age limit of 40)

[url="http://www.opnuns-fh.org/html/vocations.html"]Dominican Nuns of Farmington Mills, MI[/url] (age limit of 40)

Also, if you are interested in only active/contemplative orders, there are these options:

[url="http://www.cmswr.org/member_communities/DSOIC.htm"]Dominican Sisters of the Immaculate Conception[/url] (age limit of 35)

[url="http://www.hawthorne-dominicans.org/s201.htm"]Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne[/url] (age limit of 50)

[url="http://daughtersofstdominic.org/index.html"]Daughters of St. Dominic in Steubenville, OH[/url] (no age limit listed, but I am pretty sure it's over 30)

Hope this helps!
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Well, I am not called to the cloister so that cuts out the nuns. Hawthorne won't take me because I have been married. I need to call the Dominican Sisters of the Immaculate Conceptions again. I didn't know about Stubenville.

Maybe I should start calling you Master again. lol