Pictures of Consecrated Life in the diocese of Tarbe-Lourde

[NadaTeTurbe]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/100012771@N06/sets/72157654765786591/page2

Enjoy  

[NadaTeTurbe]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/100012771@N06/sets/72157654765786591 the first page, with a presentation of the orders  

[Yaatee]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/100012771@N06/sets/72157654765786591/page2

Enjoy  

Fabulous, Nada.

 

[Yaatee]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/100012771@N06/sets/72157654765786591 the first page, with a presentation of the orders  

Also fabulous.

[NadaTeTurbe]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/100012771@N06/18928388486/in/album-72157654765786591/ 

I love this sister with her scooter :D 

"Mother, I want to play with my new scooter." 
"But, sister, you are enclosed" 
"... But, mother, we have a very long corridor..." 

[puellapaschalis]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/100012771@N06/18928388486/in/album-72157654765786591/ 

I love this sister with her scooter :D 

"Mother, I want to play with my new scooter." 
"But, sister, you are enclosed" 
"... But, mother, we have a very long corridor..." 

An old monk once told me, with a slightly put-out look on his face:

"Fr C now has an electric wheelchair. Fr Abbot has said that if I ever need one, then Fr C and I are not permitted to race them round the cloister."

[TheresaThoma]

An old monk once told me, with a slightly put-out look on his face:

"Fr C now has an electric wheelchair. Fr Abbot has said that if I ever need one, then Fr C and I are not permitted to race them round the cloister."

Lol! I love it, and I totally know some brothers who would do this.

[ErinMarie]

When I was in Lourdes this May, I remember seeing the Poor Clare monastery mentioned here and wondering what it looked like inside and what life was like for the nuns there.  Thank you for sharing this; this is amesome!

[BarbTherese]

Beautiful images - thank you for sharing

 

[AgnesHolyInnocents]

Such joy on their faces! Thank you for sharing this. What beautiful photos.

[vee]

Thanks for sharing, what lovely photos.  One  is going to drive me nuts though trying to figure out what they are doing. I doubt its vows, or a sign of peace so what the heck...  Maybe I should start a new thread.

[truthfinder]

Thanks for sharing, what lovely photos.  One  is going to drive me nuts though trying to figure out what they are doing. I doubt its vows, or a sign of peace so what the heck...  Maybe I should start a new thread.

I would have said vows - but then I see the two nuns in the background.   

[vee]

I would have said vows - but then I see the two nuns in the background.   

My thoughts exactly, and for vows doesnt the one making vows kneel and read the vows out of a book?  So thats why Ive ruled that out.  Sign of peace well many religious communities actually skip it and if they do do it that is rather an unusual gesture for a sign of peace!  Nada go ask them!

[vee]

Well I think I answered my own question.  I went to close the tab the picture was on and saw the tab was titled paix.  Paix = peace so it may be their sign of peace.

[BarbTherese]

Perhaps one Sister joins her hands and says "Peace be with you" and the other Sister embrace her hands and says "And also with you" or similar wording.

[Jennifer]

Thank you for sharing these lovely photographs which I thoroughly enjoyed.

[NadaTeTurbe]

Well I think I answered my own question.  I went to close the tab the picture was on and saw the tab was titled paix.  Paix = peace so it may be their sign of peace.

I have seen oriental religious who do the same : one keep hand closed, and the other take them. But maybe I should go ask them... I would not mind going here :D 

(btw, you have a lovely avatar !) 

[marigold]

They're a cheery lot, aren't they?

[Yaatee]

They're a cheery lot, aren't they?

My husband's exact words...in Dubrovnik, 1972, in the small parlor of a convent/monastery. One nun behind the glass (?grille?), the other came in and the both greeted each other with much merriment.  I think that they were Orthodox.

[Thepeug]

Thanks for sharing those beautiful pictures!

Our friars are also in Tarbes-Lourdes, so I just wanted to share the following link if anyone is interested:

http://www.franciscains.eu/

fr Bede, OFM Conv