inperpetuity Posted October 17, 2013 Posted October 17, 2013 http://www.consecratedlifepaterson.org/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=91 They look so happy!
brandelynmarie Posted October 18, 2013 Posted October 18, 2013 Please help! I wasn't able to view a photo :( .
Pia Jesu Posted October 18, 2013 Posted October 18, 2013 Inperpetuity...thanks for posting the link! Would you happen to know if the older woman (sigh!) in the back of the community photo is an aspirant? The younger person in the front (with a short veil & cape) must be a postulant.
TheresaThoma Posted October 18, 2013 Posted October 18, 2013 Lovely pictures and lovely to see that they are getting a pretty steady flow of vocations.
Lumiere Posted October 18, 2013 Posted October 18, 2013 Inperpetuity...thanks for posting the link! Would you happen to know if the older woman (sigh!) in the back of the community photo is an aspirant? The younger person in the front (with a short veil & cape) must be a postulant. They do accept belated vocations: http://db.religiouslife.com/reg_life/irl.nsf/org/17
inperpetuity Posted October 18, 2013 Author Posted October 18, 2013 Inperpetuity...thanks for posting the link! Would you happen to know if the older woman (sigh!) in the back of the community photo is an aspirant? The younger person in the front (with a short veil & cape) must be a postulant. No, that is Sr. Mary Edward, an active sister that came with the Bishop for the tour. They do accept older vocations though, but candidates must be in very good health. :)
inperpetuity Posted October 18, 2013 Author Posted October 18, 2013 Please help! I wasn't able to view a photo :( . Try going on to the diocese of Patterson, there should be a link there.
Chiquitunga Posted October 19, 2013 Posted October 19, 2013 so neat! thanks for sharing! here's a pdf on the same thing with a couple more pictures too, http://www.patersondiocese.org/pdf/beacon/091213_p11.pdf?CFID=2794856&CFTOKEN=48360125&jsessionid=8430f38c01101440be605b777c4c747b5f62 I love the one with the baby turtle! :heart:
Nunsense Posted October 19, 2013 Posted October 19, 2013 No, that is Sr. Mary Edward, an active sister that came with the Bishop for the tour. They do accept older vocations though, but candidates must be in very good health. :) And it takes an Act of God to get through to them! :p At least it did when I tried to contact them back in 2009. I lived in NJ at the time, and drove to their convent twice and put a letter in the spot marked for letters each time, and they never responded either by mail or by phone. I couldn't get anyone to speak with me, and the 'helpers' (women who seemed to work there) told me that they wouldn't see me on a Saturday as it was their 'day off'. I guess God has His own plans and that wasn't one for me at that time. I hope others have an easier time of it than I did! :)
Sr Mary Catharine OP Posted October 19, 2013 Posted October 19, 2013 I'm really surprised that this was in the paper and a photographer was allowed to photograph the election. Sr. Mary Edward is a Sister of Christian Charity and I believe the vicar for religious for Paterson. It's good to see they are slowly growing again. Morristown has had a hard road.
Nunsense Posted October 19, 2013 Posted October 19, 2013 I'm really surprised that this was in the paper and a photographer was allowed to photograph the election. Sr. Mary Edward is a Sister of Christian Charity and I believe the vicar for religious for Paterson. It's good to see they are slowly growing again. Morristown has had a hard road. You are so right. When I didn't hear back from them, I checked around the Diocese to see what was going on, and learned about some of their problems. It looks as if they are flourishing now though - so many white veils! Praise God.
Pia Jesu Posted October 19, 2013 Posted October 19, 2013 Minor point...but I was wondering about their habits (some brown, some grey or a combination of both!). If the latter are work habits, it seems rather unusual with the bishop present. More likely, it is a simple & beautiful expression of their vow of poverty!
Nunsense Posted October 19, 2013 Posted October 19, 2013 Minor point...but I was wondering about their habits (some brown, some grey or a combination of both!). If the latter are work habits, it seems rather unusual with the bishop present. More likely, it is a simple & beautiful expression of their vow of poverty! I have noticed that brown fades easily, especially with some fabrics. I have been in Carmels where the colors of the habits varied in shades from brown to grey - through sun bleaching and fading.
inperpetuity Posted October 19, 2013 Author Posted October 19, 2013 And it takes an Act of God to get through to them! :P At least it did when I tried to contact them back in 2009. I lived in NJ at the time, and drove to their convent twice and put a letter in the spot marked for letters each time, and they never responded either by mail or by phone. I couldn't get anyone to speak with me, and the 'helpers' (women who seemed to work there) told me that they wouldn't see me on a Saturday as it was their 'day off'. I guess God has His own plans and that wasn't one for me at that time. I hope others have an easier time of it than I did! :) Yes, it does. I wrote to them twice over a six-month period last year and my sd had to actually call the priest who says mass for them to get him to ask the prioress if she received my letters. She said she did not get either one! It was very frustrating. :rolleyes:
VeniJesuAmorMi Posted October 20, 2013 Posted October 20, 2013 so neat! thanks for sharing! here's a pdf on the same thing with a couple more pictures too, http://www.patersondiocese.org/pdf/beacon/091213_p11.pdf?CFID=2794856&CFTOKEN=48360125&jsessionid=8430f38c01101440be605b777c4c747b5f62 I love the one with the baby turtle! :heart: Aw! The baby turtle is so cute! These pictures are great of the Sisters. Thank you Inperpetuity and Chiqui for sharing these!
SNJM Posted October 20, 2013 Posted October 20, 2013 I love CARMELITES! It just makes me so happy to see a community like this one growing! Happy news!!!!
graciandelamadrededios Posted October 22, 2013 Posted October 22, 2013 (edited) Morristown Carmel has a very painful history. This was the Carmel where a group of Nuns barricaded themselves inside the infirmary in protest against the new Prioress installed by the Bishop. The former Prioress was banished to France. There are still some articles floating online about this controversy. The current community are now composed of Polish Carmelite Nuns who were "invited" by the bishop from a Carmel in Poland. I am not sure if they have a professed American Nun, though, majority are Polish Nuns. I have a copy of a "circular" of the saintly Prioress who endured humiliation and who was never permitted to return to Morristown Carmel; she died in exile in another 1990 Carmel in the USA after her return from France. Those who are interested may PM me. God Bless you all! Edited October 22, 2013 by graciandelamadrededios
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