Farming Nuns

[LoveZoe11]

Hi everyone,

Do any of you know any women's communities that have farm/ sustainable living apostolates or monasteries? :-)

[Marie Villalovos Smith]

Hi LoveZoe11, The communities that I am aware of that farm are Benedictines. Regina Laudis, Walburga Abbey and the Benedictines  of Mary Queen of the Apostles are all farming communities.  Pax

[Nunsuch]

There are quite a lot of such communities.  A good book that also has contact information for a number of such communities, is Sarah M. Taylor's "Green Sisters: A Spiritual Ecology."

http://www.amazon.com/Green-Sisters-Sarah-McFarland-Taylor/dp/0674034953/

 

[Sister Leticia]

We recently had a couple of threads with similar questions, so you'll find a lot of information in them.

LoveZoe11 - Presumably you've also done some research into this - it would be good if you could share what you've found.

 

[Egeria]

I don't know where you are, but the Cistercians (Trappistines) of Glencairn in Ireland farm. There's a documentary about them below. Traditionally Cistercians tend to farm, but, as noted on other threads, that has become difficult for many communities today.

 

Edited August 2, 2015 by Egeria
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