The Benedictines...

[stlmom]

[quote name='williamb' date='Feb 25 2006, 04:06 PM']My personal favorites are, [url="http://www.walburga.org/"]http://www.walburga.org/[/url]. Two of their sisters are in Vatican City in that new monastery which changes congregations every 5 years and prays for the Pope and the church. They also have a convent in Pennsylvania which is very good also.
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The Pennsylvania monastery is St. Emma's. Both of these monasteries are experiencing steady new growth in the last few years.

There are a few others such as Our Lady of the Desert in Abiquiu, New Mexico, and a community in Tickfaw, Louisiana,

[Laurentina1975]

[quote name='williamb' date='Feb 25 2006, 05:06 PM']My personal favorites are, [url="http://www.walburga.org/"]http://www.walburga.org/[/url]. Two of their sisters are in Vatican City in that new monastery which changes congregations every 5 years and prays for the Pope and the church. They also have a convent in Pennsylvania which is very good also.
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They have an awesome website, thanks for sharing!

[passionheart]

[quote name='Ora et Labora' date='Feb 25 2006, 09:59 AM']Does anyone know of really good Benedictine Convents?
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Funny you should ask. While I was discerning with the Dominicans they had sister there on retreat from a Benedictine Community in Vermont.

I asked Sr. Mary Magdalen for some inforamation because sometime people are interested in Benedictine Communities.

Benedictine Monastery of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
4103 Vt, route 100
Westfield VT 05874

Tel: 802 744-6525

Vocation email: vocations@ihmwestfield.com

Website though under construction still has some valuable information.

www.ihmwestfield.com

Cheers

DM

[williamb]

There is also a Camaldolese monastery of nuns in New York somewhere, Windsor I believe. The Camaldolese are a very old congregation they tend to be more eremitic than monastic. And have little cottages as their cells much like the Carthusians.

[puellapaschalis]

At the end of next month I'm going to visit [url="http://www.abtei-st-hildegard.de/"]St. Hildegard's Abbey[/url] near Frankfurt in Germany. I'm also hoping to visit some Benedictine houses in my native UK, but as I don't live there anymore the logistics of travel isn't as simple as it used to be.

In addition to the other female houses in the UK given here, there's also St. Mildred's Priory in Kent. Despite some searching I've not been able to find their website (which is somewhat frustrating as I know I've seen it before...), but here are some contact details:

Priory of St. Mildred
Minster Abbey
Ramsgate
Kent
CT12 4HF

There are of course men's houses too in the UK - lots of them!

Love and prayers,

puella

[stlmom]

Another great Benedictine story coming your way here:

[url="http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/search/s_430575.html"]St. Emma Monastery[/url]

One of my favorite sites, partly because it's near my old hometown and obviously because I love the Benedictine way of life.

This article goes to show you that it's never too late to respond to a call to religious life. Not that you should put it off forever......

[stlmom]

The latest newsletter from [url="http://stemma.org"]St. Emma Monastery[/url] is out if any one would like to read the Prioress reflection for Lent. It also begins a history of the monastery series for their 75th anniversary year.

Puellapaschalis, have you ever thought of coming over to any US monasteries?

[puellapaschalis]

[quote name='stlmom' date='Apr 12 2006, 09:38 PM']The latest newsletter from  [url="http://stemma.org"]St. Emma Monastery[/url] is out if any one would like to read the Prioress reflection for Lent.  It also begins a history of the monastery series for their 75th anniversary year.

Puellapaschalis, have you ever thought of coming over to any US monasteries?
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stlmom,

there's some backstory behind this. I'll PM you and explain a little.

PP

[Nunsense]

I have been in contact with some lovely Benedictines. The nuns in Canyon Texas could use some prayers for their vocations, since they are now down to three sisters. They have a lovely monastery and wear a modified habit. They are contemplative but not cloistered.

[url="http://www.osbcanyontx.org/"]St Benedict Monastery[/url]

[slisa]

[quote name='williamb' post='897694' date='Feb 25 2006, 06:24 PM']
Would you like a list of websites in the USA of Benedictines who still wear habits and are faithful? May take me a day or so, I edit OPD's Catholic religious section so I already have most of them listed and pretty much know which are which.
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The olivetan benedictines in Jonesboro, Ar wear habits check out their website at olivben.org

[stlmom]

[quote name='slisa' post='1169223' date='Jan 18 2007, 03:52 PM']
The olivetan benedictines in Jonesboro, Ar wear habits check out their website at olivben.org
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Hi and welcome! Are you a Benedictine sister?

[Totus Tuus]

There are some Benedictine sisters I saw at Clear Creek Monastery in Oklahoma as well They attend the Divine Office and Mass there. I don't know if they live there or were visiting from another community. There were three. I didn't have the opportunity to talk to them while I was there so I don't know much. Is anyone here in contact with them?

Lauren

[Starets]

[quote name='Ora et Labora' post='892780' date='Feb 20 2006, 02:28 PM']
So, they work with the people? Do they teach? Or do they just keep to themselves?
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Yes

The the charism of each individual benedictine abbey varies widely. Some are contemplative, and only the guestmaster/mistress would have any regular contact with the guests. Others run retreat centers, and would thus have greater contact bwtween monks/nuns and visitors. Others run schools, seminaries, and universities. so it really depends on the abbey and the congregation that the abbey belongs to.

I have visited 3 abbeys. St. Peters in Saskatchewan, which runs a junior college, a print shop, a publishing company, a small farm, two dozen pareishes, and a partridge in a pear tree. St mary's monastery near Boston, which is a double community with st scholastica's priory, is strictly contemplative and only the guestmaster usually associates with the guests. the other one is Christ in the desert in new mexico.

i wrote a web page about my expereieces at Christ in the Desert a tthis location:
[url="http://www.dboyko.info/dayinlife.html"]http://www.dboyko.info/dayinlife.html[/url]

[Starets]

[quote name='Totus Tuus' post='1169311' date='Jan 18 2007, 05:49 PM']
There are some Benedictine sisters I saw at Clear Creek Monastery in Oklahoma as well They attend the Divine Office and Mass there. I don't know if they live there or were visiting from another community. There were three.

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One of the three is Terrye Newkirk, formerly a writer for among other magazines Catholic Answers. She started out as a hermit and eventually became a canonical hermit and received instruction from the monks there. she initially wanted to be a carmelite but had some bad experiences that she wrote up in Catholic Answers as "sister hell". she has her own little hermitage on the property. I have been out of contact with her for several years now. I have heard that she had one other person and they were thinking of trying to start a small community. I havent heard anything from that in about 4 years. so I guess they are now three!

I had thought of joining Clear Creek at one time, but they have an upper age limit of 35

[Nunsense]

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Oraetlabora,
[url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showtopic=44870"]Here [/url]is a link to a thread I started on the Benedictines. There are a lot of good communities listed in there. I love the Benedictines and though I feel I am called to the Poor Clares I may visit a few communities if the opportunity arises. I really love the Tyburn nuns, they have houses all over the world. I was hoping to visit their houses in London and Scotland this summer but I won't be in the UK as planned. Anyway here is a link to there great site [url="http://www.tyburnconvent.org.uk/index2.html"]Tyburn Convent[/url] and a couple others in the UK
[url="http://www.stanbrookabbey.org.uk/"]Stanbrook Abbey[/url]
[url="http://www.stceciliasabbey.org.uk/"]St. Cecelia's Abbey[/url]
and a great community in formation here in the US
[url="http://www.oblatesofmary.com/"]Oblates of Mary, queen of apostles[/url] my keyboard won't type a capital q, no disrespect intended.

Also, if you get a chance read In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden. The author stayed at the guesthouse of Stanbrook Abbey for 3 years while writing the book. It is wonderful!! Don't even bother with the movie. Hope this helps. You are in my prayers.
God's Peace,
Amanda
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Amanda

I loved "In This House of Brede"! And I am discerning At Tyburn in London! I will be going to visit them in late March and staying through Easter. They are wonderful nuns - so heartfelt and welcoming, and they answer every single question I have, no matter how small or silly it seems. It their postualnt list of things to bring, it said "plain white panties" and "white vest with sleeves" but nothing about bras, so I got up the nerve to ask if I was supposed to bring my bra or not - Mother wrote back and said, yes, of course I should bring my bra -- and that she would send me a little pamphlet of "tips" to help me out -- whew!

God's grace+
Annie

[Sr Mary Catharine OP]

[quote name='Totus Tuus' post='1169311' date='Jan 18 2007, 05:49 PM']
There are some Benedictine sisters I saw at Clear Creek Monastery in Oklahoma as well They attend the Divine Office and Mass there. I don't know if they live there or were visiting from another community. There were three. I didn't have the opportunity to talk to them while I was there so I don't know much. Is anyone here in contact with them?

Lauren
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I heard that they are called the "Oblates of Mary Queen of Angels". I believe they are originally from the benedictines of Mary out in MO and that the Clear Creek monastery is helping them become established.

[Guest Kate]

[quote name='Sr. Mary Catharine' post='1170013' date='Jan 19 2007, 08:58 AM']
I heard that they are called the "Oblates of Mary Queen of Angels". I believe they are originally from the benedictines of Mary out in MO and that the Clear Creek monastery is helping them become established.
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Actually there are two separate groups of traddie Benedictines in the process of getting established.

The Mary Queen of Angels Convent, Clear Creek group started with a hermit as someone else mentioned, but she became seriously ill, and wasn't able to take vows. But a small group has formed there all the same as Oblates, being helped and trained by the monks. You can read about them here:
[url="http://www.dioceseoftulsa.org/news/images/eoc082006.pdf"]http://www.dioceseoftulsa.org/news/images/eoc082006.pdf[/url]

The other group is the Benedictines (formerly Oblates) of Mary Queen of Apostles now in Missouri - they are currently doing a noviciate year (they make first profession in May) sponsored by the Solemnes Congregation Benedictines of Deux Montaignes in Canada. Their website is here:
[url="http://www.oblatesofmary.com/"]http://www.oblatesofmary.com/[/url]

[Starets]

I didn't know that she had become seriously ill

[stlmom]

I wanted to resurrect this thread, having missed this [url="http://www.walburga.org/Novitiate.html"]GOOD NEWS[/url] last month. Two of the four novices at St. Walburga's in CO made first vows in February.


Also, the spring newsletter is out for their sister monastery, [url="http://www.stemma.org"]St. Emma Monastery[/url]. They will have a come and see weekend July 6-8, if anyone is interested. I grew up in western PA not too far from St. Emma's. It's a beautiful part to travel through, folks. Edited March 15, 2007 by stlmom

[be_thou_my_vision]

Oh wonderful!!!!