Hey Y'all

[karin]

Hey Ya'll,
I am back from my aspirancy at the Monastery of the Heart of Jesus and I dont see understand why their novitiate isnt over flowing yet it's the most awesome place ever!

[kaidoh]

wow

[zabbazooey]

KARIN!!! SOOOO HAPPY YOU'RE BACK!!!!

[karin]

[karin]

it was so awesome spending three months in the Monastery I cant wait until i can go back!

[zabbazooey]

I'm glad you loved it there so much!

[karin]

me too!

[zabbazooey]

I am soooo excited for you XD

I'm just so happy you're back!!

Was it hard to adjust being away from your family?

[FutureSoror]

Hi Karin!!! Welcome back!!

That's wonderful that you enjoyed it! I'd love to hear all about it...

[photosynthesis]

welcome back! Tell us all about it!

[daugher-of-Mary]

ahhh welcome back!!!!!!!!! I can't wait to hear about your experiences!

[karin]

oh no it wasnt really hard adjusting to not being with my family i was so happy there. the hardest part is adjusting to being back home now i am so homesick for the monastery

[Theoketos]

Praise to God from whom all blessings flow.

[karin]

I learned the divine office there it is So beautiful

[DiscerningSoul]

: Common Karin you have to go into a little it of detail about your time there. and remember I spent a week in the guest house in July. :
Yes, my future little nun I want to hear all and I mean all about your trip.

Jessica
God willing- a future nun of the lockport dominicans

[benedictaj]

KARIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Talk about long time no see : so glad you're back - at least for a while I know you miss the monastery


Can't wait to hear about it!

[karin]

if you all want me to tell about you need to ask more specific questions it is hard to just describe everything to much wonderfulness i dont know where to start

[DiscerningSoul]

[quote name='karin' date='Nov 27 2005, 08:37 PM']if you all want me to tell about you need to ask more specific questions it is hard to just describe everything to much wonderfulness i dont know where to start
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ok you asked for it :
What was your first day like? Like where did you go? To the retreat house or right to the main convent.
Did you see any of those little lizards they sell in pet stores up here? I know you had to see the cats you couldn't miss them! Were you able to hear the doves from across the street? On some mornings I was greeted to there cooing in the morning.
Were you given your own room? What was you day like? Did you where a habit?
Meet any other discerning souls? Did you sit next to Sister Imelda in choir?
How was the weather and what did you think about the hurricane?
What did you think of that handcrafted wood carving above the alter? Did you know it was made by a local carpenter?
Oh goodness, there is so much more I could ask of you, I was only there for a week in the retreathouse and I enjoyed every moment of it and God willing I will be able to go back, this time to try my vocation there.
Oh how tall are you? I am 5'1" and would be the smallest one there. LOL
I can't wait to hear about your time there.

God Bless you on this 1st day of Advent.
Jessica

[franciscanheart]

[quote name='karin' date='Nov 26 2005, 09:29 PM']I learned the divine office there it is So beautiful
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that would be (i think) the most awesome part. i am in love with the divine office. im glad to see you back and im glad you had such a wonderful time. welcome back! :

[karin]

woah ok Jessica I will try to answer all your questions. My first day we arrived in the evening and I met with Sister Mary Imelda in the grille parlor not much happened that day because it was late as i said before. But they did feed us some super yummy food. the first day we stayed in the cennacle room I didnt enter until the next evening which was a Saturday. Yes I saw lizards and they scare me, and of course i saw their cats. i do love cats and they have some particularily tame ones that are named Kitty Kitty and Ti'fluer (i am not sure I spelled that right) whom i am espcially fond of. Yes I saw the doves across the street while I was in the cennacle room my 18month old nephew saw them to and he loved them. Yes I was given my own room which is called a cell in the monastery. My day was pretty awesome every day we (the novitiate) got up at 4:45 and got dressed and then after that we went downstairs to the chapel to pray the offices of Matin and Lauds. Every three hours we went back to the chapel and prayed the corresponding hour to the time of day. There was class everyday at ten am in which we learned about The Rule of Saint Augustine, Monastic Decorum, Liturgical Prayer , Sacred Scripture and some other things. We had recreation everyday from 6:30 to 7:30 and we played games and spoke freely. There was mass every day at 5. We ate lunch and dinner together as a community but we dont eat breakfast together because the professsed rise an hour earlier than the noviate so they eat then. Yes my place in the chior was right next to Sister Mary Imelda. yes, I did see the wooden carving above the altar it's very pretty. the weather was humid but I loved it because it rained alot and therefore the grass was always green very very pretty. The hurricane was nothing really exciting the wind was loud but it didnt really hit us very hard at all just a few shingles off the roof but that about it. I am 5'11/2" though my drivers permit says 5'2" I was the shortest one there but it wasnt to bad. I enjoy being short. I hope I covered all your questions feel free to ask me more. God Bless and May Mary Preserve your vocation.

Karin