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[Gemma]

[quote name='emmaberry' timestamp='1342932807' post='2457823']
Sponsa Christi: The FDofM are a-okay, orthodoxy-wise. I would also try contacting the Domnicans again, as they seem like a beautiful community, and communications-even for vocations-can sometimes fall through the cracks.

I would look into your options thoroughly before thinking of starting a new community. Make sure that you don't have a vocation to both, and then you will be more free to think of founding your own community. As I am sure you know, this is very difficult. The much easier road would be to join a group of existing sisters. However, God calls each one as He wills.

God bless!
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Franciscan Daughters of Mary--I believe you're talking about the ones in Northern KY--are orthodox.

Your Personal Prayer Rule may eventually lead to a new charism, but I put emphasis on the words "personal" in this stage. Visualize the perfect nun, and strive to live that way. How would you want to be treated by a nun? Do the same.

It's always possible to be feeling this attraction to foundation as the Lord preparing you for a vocation as an emerging charism adherent. But, please do your research and see what is emerging already. There may be a community forming which has the exact name as what you wish to give yours. I've seen it happen before.

Determine which spirituality/rule attracts you, and seek out communities based on that rule. The Sisters of Life are Augustinian, just to give an example.

Blessings,
Gemma

[HopefulBride]

[quote name='Sponsa Christi' timestamp='1342927701' post='2457747']
Hello everyone! It's been a long time since I came to this forum. Several years in fact. So let me introduce myself again. I am a 49 year-old female discerning a religious vocation for the past decade. Have tried many contemplative orders and have a conservative, traditional outlook. Over the past two years, I've been in nursing school and I'm supposed to graduate in May 2013. I have been feeling more and more that I should do something that involves both religious life and healthcare, but I have looked into religious nursing orders and most of them are way too liberal for me and do not even wear the habit anymore. I long for the full traditional habit and would love to serve as a nurse or be involved in some sort of health care for those who are in need. What do you think about the possibility of creating a new nursing order? Anyone? I visited the Hawthorne Dominicans once and wrote them last fall, but I never heard back from them... maybe that just wasn't meant to be. I've found a small group called the Franciscan Daughters of Mary, but I don't know if they are approved/recognized by the Vatican and they only have five sisters. I'm not sure what to do at this point.
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Try contacting the Dominican sisters of the Immaculate Conception in Justice, IL (www.sistersop.com) they are a wonderful group of sisters faithful to the Magisterium and traditional. I am not sure of their age bracket for vocations but it doesn't hurt to inquire.

God Bless,
HB