HisChild Posted March 21, 2006 Posted March 21, 2006 I just got a newsletter from my former parish, St Thomas the Apostle in Phoenix, Arizona. The Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist are joining the parish (and school?) in August 2006. Please pray for them! How exciting ! Even if I won't be here to see them!
zunshynn Posted March 21, 2006 Posted March 21, 2006 First Arizona gets PCPAs and then they get SMMEs... lucky ducks! I knew I lived in the wrong state!
Laurentina1975 Posted March 21, 2006 Posted March 21, 2006 My mommy lives in AZ, maybe I should move in with her and start discerning all over again...hahhah just kidding, me loves the DSP's.
Luthien Posted March 21, 2006 Posted March 21, 2006 Can someone send the Northeastern US people some help? Stop hogging all the actual Catholic orders! Us orthodox Catholics are drowning in liberalism!
HisChild Posted March 21, 2006 Author Posted March 21, 2006 The PCPA and the SMME are the first two orthodox communites in the Phoenix diocese. Up until Bishop Olmstead was appointed here, the more orthodox communities. ..weren't welcome. So, we are reaping our blessings now! But I'll pray for y'all. And where do you live? NY has the Sisters of Life, the Hawthorne Dominicans, not to mention a TON of contemplative orders!
shortnun Posted March 21, 2006 Posted March 21, 2006 *rushes back to school to tell the (Dominican) student brothers* They will be so excited to hear the "gossip"!!!!
benedictaj Posted March 21, 2006 Posted March 21, 2006 Oh wow! What awesome news!! Maybe they'll come down here next!!
AlterDominicus Posted March 22, 2006 Posted March 22, 2006 [quote name='PCPA2Be' date='Mar 21 2006, 09:45 AM']I just got a newsletter from my former parish, St Thomas the Apostle in Phoenix, Arizona. The Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist are joining the parish (and school?) in August 2006. Please pray for them! How exciting ! Even if I won't be here to see them! [right][snapback]916413[/snapback][/right] [/quote] Wait, wait wait, WHAT????? I'm sorry. My eyes must be clogged, I'm not sure if I read you right did you say the DOMINICAN SISTERS OF MARY MOTHER OF THE EUCHARIST?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AlterDominicus Posted March 22, 2006 Posted March 22, 2006 Holy freaking carp, I'm gonna faint!!!!!!!!! Tooo much joy and excitement pummeled me a little toooooooooooo quickly at once. = How many of you know that I am a Dominican Sister of Mary Mother of the Eucharist addict? (raise your hand) [i]Well, obviously you all know now!!![/i]
HisChild Posted March 22, 2006 Author Posted March 22, 2006 Well the sisters in the brown habits that recite the Rosary, are the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration. Those are the ones you see at [url="http://www.olamshrine.com/olam/nuns.htm"]http://www.olamshrine.com/olam/nuns.htm[/url] Or their other communites which are www.desertnuns.com, or the one that I am joining www.stjosephmonastery.com These are the SMME: [url="http://www.sistersofmary.org/"]http://www.sistersofmary.org/[/url] A lot of communites have been featured on Life on the Rock, so you may have seen them there.
Andrea348 Posted March 22, 2006 Posted March 22, 2006 well, they have been saying for a while that once they get enough sisters they were going to start branching out. i guess now is the time. that is soooo cool.
JamesTheYounger Posted March 22, 2006 Posted March 22, 2006 When are they gonna send some sisters to Australia? we need some orthodox orders here, its seems our only orthodox orders are cloistered. We desperately need good active orders over here to teach our kids the Truth. The SMME is definitely an inspiring order, it gives me a lot of hope for the future of the Church.
OLAM Dad Posted March 22, 2006 Posted March 22, 2006 Hey, Denise. Do you have anything that I can show Kristina about this? Press release or something? She has given up Phatmass for Lent but is going to Ann Arbor for a retreat in May and I wanted to show her this.
magnificat Posted March 22, 2006 Posted March 22, 2006 [quote name='JamesTheYounger' date='Mar 22 2006, 05:30 AM']When are they gonna send some sisters to Australia? we need some orthodox orders here, its seems our only orthodox orders are cloistered. We desperately need good active orders over here to teach our kids the Truth. The SMME is definitely an inspiring order, it gives me a lot of hope for the future of the Church. [right][snapback]917597[/snapback][/right] [/quote] Haha...but FOCUS is going to Australia (Sydney, I think) to spread the New Evangelization to college campuses starting this fall! :
shortnun Posted March 22, 2006 Posted March 22, 2006 [quote name='OLAM Dad' date='Mar 22 2006, 07:12 AM']Hey, Denise. Do you have anything that I can show Kristina about this? Press release or something? She has given up Phatmass for Lent but is going to Ann Arbor for a retreat in May and I wanted to show her this. [right][snapback]917619[/snapback][/right] [/quote] OLAM Dad, I googled the parish earlier b/c I wanted to see more information myself. [b][url="http://www.mylordandmygod.com/main.asp"]St. Thomas the Apostle Parish[/url][/b] There's a link about the sisters on the left hand toolbar. Also, you can pull up the latest pdf of their church bulletin.
HisChild Posted March 22, 2006 Author Posted March 22, 2006 (edited) Thanks Shortnun. . .yea, that's the parish. It's a fabulous parish by the way. And on a side note, it is the parish the bishop gave permission to, when he was installed, to allow the TLM (one Mass per week). Actually, several of our own parishioners now attend that Mass. (Edit: Many of the women/girls/families who used to come to our parish, and who wore chapel veils, now go there. LOL The frowny is because I am one of only 1/2 dozen who remain doing so at my own parish!) I used to go there a few years ago. I was a travel nurse for 1 1/2 yrs. When I came back to my own state I did a travel/temp assignment in Phoenix and the apt the travel company set up for me was just around the street from this parish. So, this was my parish home for a couple years, and where my first SD was assigned, who is now in Rome, studying. I'm just so grateful for those sisters' 'yes' to our bishop. We sooo need orthodox communities in our diocese. God bless them. Edited March 22, 2006 by PCPA2Be
AlterDominicus Posted March 22, 2006 Posted March 22, 2006 Sheesh...Huzzah!! The SMME founders which everyone should know, were four former Nashville Dominicans one of the biggest out branched congregations I know, I'm actually listening to the Nashville Dominicans CD right now. I have a theoretical theory (of course) that the SMME is going to be a similar out branching community like the Nashville Dominicans who on average get about 20 postulants a YEAR. Besides Mother Mary Assumpta Long O.P. WAS the prioress of the Nashville Dominicans.
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