zabbazooey Posted September 29, 2005 Posted September 29, 2005 I know this may seem silly just for a visit, but I am uber excited! This was the first order that drew me to explore religious life and I cannot wait!!! 14 days!!!!!!!!!!!
Piccoli Fiori JMJ Posted September 29, 2005 Posted September 29, 2005 Have you made any other visits to convents before?
Piccoli Fiori JMJ Posted September 29, 2005 Posted September 29, 2005 [quote name='zabbazooey' date='Sep 29 2005, 10:23 AM']nope. first one ever! : [right][snapback]741030[/snapback][/right] [/quote] Oh man! That will be so exciting!!!! I remember my first visit to a convent! It was in Jan this year! I visited the Louisiana Dominican Nuns I am so happy for you!!!!! I wish for the best during your visit!
Sixtina87 Posted September 29, 2005 Posted September 29, 2005 i remeber the first one i visited, it was the martyr sisters in Alton. i was so excited but yet nervous at the same time!!!! I couldnt stop smiling and so forth. But i was 14 when i visited them!!!! i was so young and immature!!! But I WANT TO GO TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm getting excited just thinking about it, but i'm sitll not sure if i am going. i ahve been trying in the past with sr. mary joseph and she was always too busy!!!!!!!!!
zabbazooey Posted September 29, 2005 Author Posted September 29, 2005 yeah you have to try e-mailing them and calling. I correspond with Sr. Laura, and she usually writes back within the day.
Sixtina87 Posted September 29, 2005 Posted September 29, 2005 she said she would call me today sometime but i have to be at work soon, in like an hour!!!!!!! So i better get ready!!!!!!!!!!! i have toc lose tonight and if sister calls me when i am working, i'll call her back when i am on break!!!!!!!!
zabbazooey Posted September 29, 2005 Author Posted September 29, 2005 awesome!! I hope you get to talk to her today!!
Totus Tuus Posted September 29, 2005 Posted September 29, 2005 The first convent I ever visited was Carmlite as well. I hope you have a wonderful time! The anticipation is one of the best parts
zabbazooey Posted September 29, 2005 Author Posted September 29, 2005 I know! I can't stand it! I want to go now. I'm going to reread "Story of a Soul" to prepare!!!!!!!
zabbazooey Posted September 29, 2005 Author Posted September 29, 2005 Are there any good websites to learn more about the carmelite spirituality?
benedictaj Posted September 30, 2005 Posted September 30, 2005 (edited) Oh Rachel!!! How exciting!!!!!!!! I hope you have a fantastic time! I love the sisters Habits....they are so sweet! Almost make me want to be a Carmelite!!!!!! : : Edited September 30, 2005 by memtherose
zabbazooey Posted September 30, 2005 Author Posted September 30, 2005 I know they are too sweet I really am strongly feeling pulled towards this order!!!
zabbazooey Posted September 30, 2005 Author Posted September 30, 2005 Woo hoo!!! I can't wait. I'm so excited because I think this one is excellent for me. But we will just have to see!!! I hate Geography......How can I count the ways? I'm on break posting on Phatmass I gotta get my fix.
avemaria40 Posted September 30, 2005 Posted September 30, 2005 That's awesome! Hope u have an awesome time! I want to visit a convent, sadly, it doesn't seem we have any where i live, but one day, i would like to visit the Missionaries of Charity in NYC. Hope it goes well! That's really cool that u get to go!
zabbazooey Posted September 30, 2005 Author Posted September 30, 2005 I hope I really enjoy it there! I might go back to visit next spring if I really like it there. Maybe go to their summer retreat!
Sixtina87 Posted October 1, 2005 Posted October 1, 2005 [quote name='avemaria40' date='Sep 30 2005, 05:07 PM']That's awesome! Hope u have an awesome time! I want to visit a convent, sadly, it doesn't seem we have any where i live, but one day, i would like to visit the Missionaries of Charity in NYC. Hope it goes well! That's really cool that u get to go! [right][snapback]742375[/snapback][/right] [/quote] Wow their order is very difficlut, mission wise. I lovd the Siters but after reading the requirements and things about tehc ommunity, I couldnt survive!!! i was told by one their sister that if you are seriously discerning and want to go visit a community near you, you have to go to New York and stay there for 2 weeks and if by the term ends and you survived so to speak you can go stay with one of their communties near you. We have their Sisters located in our diocese but they give up so much, their hair, driving a car, and so forth!!!!! its the most hardest and poorest sate ion relgiious life i have ever seen!!!!!!!!!
jgirl Posted October 1, 2005 Posted October 1, 2005 [quote name='Sixtina87' date='Sep 30 2005, 10:01 PM']Wow their order is very difficlut, mission wise. I lovd the Siters but after reading the requirements and things about tehc ommunity, I couldnt survive!!! i was told by one their sister that if you are seriously discerning and want to go visit a community near you, you have to go to New York and stay there for 2 weeks and if by the term ends and you survived so to speak you can go stay with one of their communties near you. We have their Sisters located in our diocese but they give up so much, their hair, driving a car, and so forth!!!!! its the most hardest and poorest sate ion relgiious life i have ever seen!!!!!!!!! [right][snapback]742686[/snapback][/right] [/quote] Actually, you usually visit the local communities first before the 2 week come and see. You only have to do the come and see if you want to enter (I think the CFRs have the mandatory come and see for entrance, too). I've been working with the MCs since I was 17, and I've never been on a come and see in NYC. I work with their children's programs in St. Louis. It's funny because since I moved back home, the Sister in charge of the youth stuff calls me whenever she needs something. Right now, I help at the afterschool program on Fridays, and I am preparing two of the teenagers who have been coming for years for baptism and first communion. Their life is tough, but the cool thing is that they are so detached yet very much a part of the world because of how they work for it. Those Sisters could probably tell you more about that neighborhood of the city than the mayor of St. Louis could. About the Carmelites, I love their habit, too. I first met the Carmelite DCJs on a work camp in 1999, and their habit attracted me because I had never seen a full habit before (the Sisters I wanted to join at the time wear a modified habit). I was 17 and while I knew I was called to the religious life, I didn't quite understand what the differences were between the different orders. I tried to read all kind of Carmelite books in hopes that I could make myself Carmelite so that I could wear that habit, but Carmelite spirituality just didn't appeal to me very much. I hope your visit is wonderful, Zabbyzooey! I hope you enjoy my hometown!
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