Older/Late Vocations Men & Women

[ofpheritup]

Thank you for the info. I know about them, my mom sent me an article from People magazine. Mother Antonia has written a book called "The Prison Angel"

Does anyone have an address for them so I can write to them?

[Marieteresa]

[quote name='ofpheritup' date='Jul 4 2005, 02:03 PM']Thank you for the info. I know about them, my mom sent me an article from People magazine. Mother Antonia has written a book called "The Prison Angel"

Does anyone have an address for them so I can write to them?
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Hey Missy here is there contact information for the Servants of the Eleventh Hour

Mother Antonia
c/o Pat Smith
3542 Governor Drive
San Diego, CA 92122

Your in my prayers hon.
In Jesus, Our Blessed Mother and Joseph,
S. Brooks

[daugher-of-Mary]

oh yeah...from the article..call Sr. Kathleen at 858-272-0082

[ofpheritup]

I read the book The Prison Angel today. It was fantastic. The life is open to anyone not just older vocations.

[passionheart]

Hello,

I'm new here but I saw this thread and I thought I would join in.

I am someone who is in the same boat as being older and still feeling called to religious life. On Tuesday I will be 43 and I know that will make even less attractive to orders.

However, my life experience has lead me to say this that it is only at this age I could make a commitment to religious life. If I had entered younger, I would have left and never considered the vocation again.

I have been turned down by many groups but one order is open to me even though I am over their age. Their Mother said they will take older vocations if the person has a vocation to prayer. This is a Domincian Cloister community in Buffalo. Never thought I had a vocation to the cloister but see, it took me 43 yrs to know the truth.

Cheers,

DonnaMarie

P.S. I wrote to a Sister friend of mine who is a vocation directress if the fact that I appeared on the cover of Religious Life this month would make me more attractive to orders!!! I think this Cover girl will let her agent handle the calls

[ofpheritup]

WELCOME
WELCOME
WELCOME

I will be praying for you.

I know how you feel. It is a scary, wondrous, joyful and frustrating journey. And we musn't give up.

I started this topic because I wanted to support others like myself. I wasn't getting support. And in some cases am still not.

There are literally thousands of us in the same situation. We are one of the "untapped goldmines" within the Church.

[passionheart]

Thanks for the Welcome.

I like what you say as to "untapped goldmine". I feel that in many ways our age group has a lot to offer. First of all a recent university grad at my tender age, there I noticed that young people today are younger than their biological age.

As a member of the Insitutue of Religious life, I have spoken to Vocation directress who said that quite of bit their work in more is in finding mature vocations. One Sister told me that she was suprised after a telephone conversation with an inqurier, that the person was in her 30's!!!! She thought she was much younger.

I have looked at RL since I was in my middle 20's. Since I had no takers I felt this was not my called. However, tried I might to bury this vocation it keeps rising like the zombies in the "Dawn of the Dead" VOCATION, VOCATION!!!!!. :bugeyes:

So after a very powerful experience at an IRL meeting in 2003, I decided I had to get this question settled once and for all. I believe if God is calling me to this life there must be someplace for me or may be I might be called to help with a new foundation. Either way, I am finally truly listening and desiring to be lead , then going my own way!!!

Cheers,

DM

[ofpheritup]

I was curious about something did you want paper or plastic?

OH UH, I'm sorry I meant habit or no habit?

[ofpheritup]

The ticket has been paid for and I will be going to visit on the first of August.

I keep having dreams that the plane crashes. OH HELP.

[zabbazooey]

let us know how it goes! :

[jmjtina]

God Bless you all!!!


you got my prayers.

[ofpheritup]

[quote name='zabbazooey' date='Jul 22 2005, 02:31 AM']let us know how it goes! :
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I'M BACK...I like the statement, "let us know how it goes." Okay, well I guess...... IT WENT.

I went looking for answers (of course) didn't find any but came back with more questions. I HAVE A HEADACHE.

Dad (God) has a great sense of humor. As anyone who knows Him realizes.

One of the things I am being asked to look at is, would I consider getting remarried. WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? I want to send it back. Where is UPS when you need them?

Before I left and for all the time I have been researching THAT was never a question or option. I guess it is now.

I love you, thank you SO MUCH for your support. I AM SO BLESSED TO HAVE YOU IN MY LIFE. Please continue to pray for me.

I NOW HAVE SOME THINKING TO DO.



ps. Today is the Feastday of St. Maximillan Kolbe

[All For Jesus]

Welcome back, ofpheritup...I had been thinking about you lately. I hope you enjoyed your visit. Sometimes it is hard to know what God is asking of us and all we can do is hand it over to Him.- He wants to help us so much, all we have to do is surrender our wills to Him-(though this is not an easy thing to do.) Pray hard!

[passionheart]

Hello,

I was thinking about us "older vocations" types and I think we should show the same enthusiam as our younger counterparts.

So my question is this in a other words a POLL

If given the opportunity, what order would you enter and why? The order can be either active or contemplative. Let us support and help one another find our way.

Cheers,

DM

[ofpheritup]

[quote name='passionheart' date='Aug 27 2005, 11:39 PM']Hello,

I was thinking about us "older vocations" types and I think we should show the same enthusiam as our younger counterparts.

So my question is this in a other words a POLL

Let us support and help one another find our way.

Cheers,

DM
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No it isn't a POLL.

I started this topic to support anyone who is "older"and considering a vocation to the religious life. I was (am still) hoping we can share experiences...good....bad...or indifferent.

I am not quite sure I know what you mean when you say "show the same enthusiasim as our younger counterparts." I DO. and so does everyone else I have been in contact with.

Specifically what I would like to see happen is finding out what communities DO ACCEPT OLDER VOCATIONS and list those.
Do you know of any?

[Piccoli Fiori JMJ]

There is a yahoo group that has started a list of communities that accept older vocations, but I don't have a website handy...

[cmotherofpirl]

[quote name='ofpheritup' date='Aug 28 2005, 09:43 PM']No it isn't a POLL. 

I started this topic to support anyone who is "older"and  considering a vocation to the religious life.  I was (am still) hoping we can share experiences...good....bad...or indifferent.

I am not quite sure I know what you mean when you say  "show the same enthusiasim as our younger counterparts."  I DO. and so does everyone else I have been in contact with.

Specifically what I would like to see happen is finding out what communities DO ACCEPT OLDER VOCATIONS and list those. 
Do you know of any?
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Have you considered starting your own.? That would certainly solve the problem. and yes I am serious. I have considered religious life for awhile bu I was too old by everyones standards.

[passionheart]

My friend,

I have seen these same links to same orders that will accept older women. However, my point in my post is this:

Maybe people have found orders that accept older women and they didn't proceed because they felt it wasn't their vocation. I give you my example, I have been searching for the orders that accept older women and quite frankly, I got tired of seeing the same names or when I did inquire I didn't hear back from them.

Sr. Joseph Andrew of the SMME is a friend of mine and she suggested a cloistered domincan order in Buffalo. I have been contact with them and even though I am over their age limit, they will consider me because they are looking to see if I have a vocation to a prayer and other aspect of the cloister life.

Now I hadn't thought about the Dominicans in my life because they are few and far between in Canada and also I didn't have a good opinion of the them in the past. But now I am looking at their charism and I say "hey not bad. A possible fit after all these years"

Yes, I believe we should support each other in our walk and yes if God is calling you to start an order then great. I happen to know of two women who are starting an order and they like myself are older. However, I think we can get so focussed on "getting in " that we neglect the our own personal spirituality. This is what I would like to talk about as well, what charism attracts you?

So what if the order accepts older vocations if you aren't attracted to the charism of the order. I know the Poor Clares accepts older vocations but I have no attraction to the Franciscan spirituality.

So why not talk about our charism because you never know someone may know of a group that fits. That is what I met by my post and maybe Poll isn't the correct word but why not talk about what attracts you!!!

Cheers,

DM

[passionheart]

As was posted on another thread, it appears that the Community of St. Jean will be opening a branch of the active sisters in the US. It should be noted with this community the Active sisters have no age limit but the cloister do.

Some friends of mine who are now Little Sisters of the Poor told me about them appearing "Life on the Rock" on EWTN about a year back. I was able to watch show via the internet since I don't receive EWTN. I wrote to the sister and we did correspond a little but it was very slow.

Cheers,

DM

[zabbazooey]

[url="http://www.geocities.com/nuntobe/over_45.htm"]A List of Communities Which Consider Women Age 45+[/url]


Here ya go opher!!!