karin Posted July 24, 2005 Posted July 24, 2005 I am going in 18 days for my aspirancy at the Monastery of The Heart of Jesus in Lockport LA. I will be staying for three months inside the cloister! I am so excited and i thought maybe people would like to count down with me. well God Bless and Mary Keep Karin :hearts:
zabbazooey Posted July 24, 2005 Posted July 24, 2005 I hope you have a great time!! We'll miss you while you are gone
dspen2005 Posted July 24, 2005 Posted July 24, 2005 could u explain what an aspirancy is??? is it a trial period that goes along w/ discernment?
karin Posted July 24, 2005 Author Posted July 24, 2005 oh yes I am feeling better i think God has healed me I am so happy! That means He really does want me to go yahooo!!!!!! ok I will try to explain... an aspirancy is when you go and live inside the cloister for a set amount of time . it is when you are seriously considering that place for the rest of your life. Sorta so you can decide if that is where you are. often times you just go straight into postulancy after that but in my case i am to young to do that so i will come back after three months. well any nuns on here can correct me if i am wrong... tee hee when you are in your aspirnacy you follow the novitiate schedule i think... well i hope that answer well. God bless and Mary keep Karin
benedictaj Posted July 24, 2005 Posted July 24, 2005 Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thats so exciting, Karin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dspen2005 Posted July 24, 2005 Posted July 24, 2005 wow, that ought to be a truly wonderful experience...
materdei Posted July 24, 2005 Posted July 24, 2005 That's great Karin, you will just be a few miles from me and my community. I hope it all goes well. You will be in my prayers! Tell Marjorie hello from all of us!
zabbazooey Posted July 24, 2005 Posted July 24, 2005 I will keep you in my prayers, Karin. I hope you have a great experience!
Andrea348 Posted July 25, 2005 Posted July 25, 2005 that is so neat that you are able to do that. god bless.
ThyHolyLove Posted July 25, 2005 Posted July 25, 2005 Karin that is sooo wonderful! I'm so happy that you're feeling better and that you're mom is letting you go. I know I don't need to tell you, but really soak in the experience and let yourself be open to God's will. Aspirancy is such a special time and I hope it will be fruitful for you! YAY for Karin! :
karin Posted July 25, 2005 Author Posted July 25, 2005 heheh thanks guys. yes of course I will tell Sister Marjorie hello for every one! tee hee I am so excited. My mom is having a hard time because i have never been gone that long before and me and my mom are real close (even though me might argue about my vocation) but God will take care of her and me. God's will be done. Thank you and i hope you will all be praying for me while i am there. I pray for yall all the time . God Bless and Mary keep you. Karin
Piccoli Fiori JMJ Posted July 25, 2005 Posted July 25, 2005 Man, this is almost as exciting as Marjorie's countdown thread! Hey Karin, do you know if you have to wear a mantilla while you are in the aspirancy? And those people that go to Mass there all the time, LOVE to talk with the sisters, even though they aren't supposed to You'll be in the choir within the enclousure for Mass and everything won't you?
Totus Tuus Posted July 25, 2005 Posted July 25, 2005 That's so exciting, Karin! I'm so excited for you, even though I'm not the one going. I sincerely hope you have a wonderful experience and that you feel at home and welcome if it's God's will for their Community to eventually become your permanent home. Count on our prayers through the time of your visit, and be sure to let us know how your experience was when you return! And if you're allowed, take pictures please! God bless
Marieteresa Posted July 26, 2005 Posted July 26, 2005 hey Karin!! I am so exicited!! I can't believe your going!! I am so happy for you!! I did'nt know the aspirancy is 3 months. Take care of yourself hon!!
karin Posted July 26, 2005 Author Posted July 26, 2005 Ok everyone has so many questions for me. Yes I will have contact with my family. i will write my parents once a week .. i think. and my siblings once a month. I can recieve letters thought from other people just not respond. Yes they are Dominicans!! tee hee. Yes I will be in the cloister with the nuns the whole time tee hee. Oh I am so thrilled. I am having to see some people for the last time before I go already and I might not see again for three months. Like my adopted grandparents. They took me out to dinner and then we went to their house and watched a movie. People ask me if I am excited and oh i am so thrilled. Excited yes. Though it is mingled with a teeny bit of sadness just because i have never been away from my family for over a week so this will be new. But my excitement overwhelms the tinges of sadness by far. I know this isnt like I am going for good but it will be wonderful. It seems like though having to leave again after i have been there (and if this is where i am supposed to be forever) that when i have to go it will be like having the most delightful cake in the world put before me so i could taste yet then snatched away. But it doesnt worry me though I know it will be difficult because God's timing is absolutely perfect and I wouldnt want to stay before He said He wanted me to. I will just wait and try to always live every moment for Christ. That is my goal everyday though I know i do not succeed my goal is to live every moment for Christ as He would want me to. For my future spouse. yet now I have gotten carried away forgive me my people. lol God Bless and Mary keep you. Karin
Piccoli Fiori JMJ Posted July 26, 2005 Posted July 26, 2005 One more quetion from me (I feel like a nosey reporter) How do you think you'll fare with the silence?
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