Sisters Of Bethlehem In Livingston Manor

[mariepaix]

Actually the foundress is Sr. Mary(Soeur Marie) [url="http://sistersofbethlehem.blogspot.com/"]http://sistersofbethlehem.blogspot.com/[/url]

[sistersintigo]

This is an older thread, first of all, from last year.

Has anyone else seen this webpage with its links? there seems to be a wealth of connections here.

http://sites.google.com/site/trinityprioryinternational/who-we-are/monastics-of-bethlehem

[brandelynmarie]

Found a video in both French & English that shows movie clips & images of the Monastic Brothers in the rhythm of their daily life...I'm guessing it would be similar for the sisters...


http://www.lovetobecatholic.com/video_1481_Monastic_Brothers_of_Bethlehem_and_the_Assumption.html Edited April 3, 2010 by brandelynmarie

[EJames2]

[quote name='brandelynmarie' date='02 April 2010 - 07:38 PM' timestamp='1270258688' post='2085798']


Found a video in both French & English that shows movie clips & images of the Monastic Brothers in the rhythm of their daily life...I'm guessing it would be similar for the sisters...


[url="http://www.lovetobecatholic.com/video_1481_Monastic_Brothers_of_Bethlehem_and_the_Assumption.html"]http://www.lovetobec...Assumption.html[/url]
[/quote]

pax, the Sisters are at
http://vocation-station.blogspot.com/2008/12/amidst-mystery-chant-from-desert.html 2 videos,
and more on the Brothers at
http://vocation-station.blogspot.com/search/label/Monastic%20Community%20of%20Bethlehem%20and%20the%20Assumption

[LaboureSociety]

Heard from an Aspirant to Sisters of Bethlehem today. Doing a bit of web research on them and glad for this thread. Unfortunately, of the 10 or so links I tried on it, all had been removed. ?

[sistersintigo]

[quote name='LaboureSociety' date='03 August 2010 - 05:42 PM' timestamp='1280868170' post='2151620']
Heard from an Aspirant to Sisters of Bethlehem today. Doing a bit of web research on them and glad for this thread. Unfortunately, of the 10 or so links I tried on it, all had been removed. ?
[/quote]
That, I can believe:
moreover, in my experience, the working links to working webpages on this congregation, are in languages other than English. Italian, for example, or French.

[sistersintigo]

[quote name='LaboureSociety' date='03 August 2010 - 05:42 PM' timestamp='1280868170' post='2151620']
Heard from an Aspirant to Sisters of Bethlehem today. Doing a bit of web research on them and glad for this thread. Unfortunately, of the 10 or so links I tried on it, all had been removed. ?
[/quote]

Did your research scare up this one? Not a target page, but at least has info in English.

http://orthfullycatholic.blogspot.com/2007/01/monastic-family-of-bethlehem-of.html

[sistersintigo]

This is a correction and update of an older thread.
My apologies for my mistaken use of the word "Foundress." I stand corrected: Soeur Isabelle is the successor of foundress Sr. Marie, who is said to have died around the year 2000.

[quote name='sistersintigo' timestamp='1255021490' post='1980933']
If I can get this link to work:
this is a European editorial, conveniently it has a side-by-side English translation (original: French).
There is a direct reference to a journalistic expose, in the Christian weekly magazine La Vie (french language), of monastic expressions that have received negative press. So far I have no luck finding this expose (although the magazine has its own website). Here however is the editorial:
http://www.chemin-neuf.org/chemins_neufs/n3/edito.html

Note the direct reference to foundress Isabelle.
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[url="http://www.lavie.fr/archives/2001/02/15/des-gourous-dans-les-couvents,3458003.php"]French journalism on the Sisters of Bethlehem[/url]

[SevenSwans]

Margaret Clare,

I am going to visit the Sisters of Bethlehem Monastery in early June of 2011. I am wondering how costly the taxi service from Liberty to the monastery wound up being. I phoned one place in Liberty and they quoted me $60 one way -- that seemed high for a fifteen-mile rural trip!

I also did a google maps search and it looks like a 4.5 mile walk from the place the bus drops you off in Livingston Manor to the monastery. That might be doable (I'm on the younger side and I'm not afraid of some exercise) but if its up a steep road lugging my bags might prove to be difficult. What do you think? If it weren't for all the books I'm bringing I'd say no problem but as you can imagine I am planning on doing some reading.

If you have any other suggestions as far as transporation goes, or anything else, I'd greatly appreciate it!

Peace,

Lita

[quote name='Margaret Clare' timestamp='1157914171' post='1060265']
To get there I have always used Shortline Bus. www.shortlinebus.com The first time I went there I got off at Livingston Manor, and a friend of the sisters met me and drove me to the monastery. It is up a forested camp road, a pretty long distance from the town. But when I went there last year, the sisters told me they no longer have a driver in Livingston Manor, so I got off the bus at Liberty, NY and went to the local taxi place they referred me to. A taxi driver drove me up there. I felt it was pretty safe, though a long ride.

It's good to arrive there during the day, as they retire at 8 PM. Vespers is around 5:45 I think. But you can also arrive after or during Vespers, as it may not be possible for you to catch the earlier bus, as it wasn't for me.
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[genesisweavers]

[quote name='SevenSwans' timestamp='1288119733' post='2182724']
Margaret Clare,

I am going to visit the Sisters of Bethlehem Monastery in early June of 2011. I am wondering how costly the taxi service from Liberty to the monastery wound up being. I phoned one place in Liberty and they quoted me $60 one way -- that seemed high for a fifteen-mile rural trip!

I also did a google maps search and it looks like a 4.5 mile walk from the place the bus drops you off in Livingston Manor to the monastery. That might be doable (I'm on the younger side and I'm not afraid of some exercise) but if its up a steep road lugging my bags might prove to be difficult. What do you think? If it weren't for all the books I'm bringing I'd say no problem but as you can imagine I am planning on doing some reading.

If you have any other suggestions as far as transporation goes, or anything else, I'd greatly appreciate it!

Peace,

Lita
[/quote]

Peace to you Lita - You will love being with the Bethlehem Sisters. I go there frequently and I always can't wait to get back. It's like heaven (at least to me). I am also a lay associate of the monastery. I was thinking that if you contact me about a month before your arrival there I may be able to pick you up in Livingston Manor. I can't promise this at this point but if I can arrange a visit to the monastery that coincides with your stay I will do that. Believe me it's no sacrifice I would be there all the time if I could. I don't live close to the monastery but as I said I am a frequent visitor. For your own safety and peace of mind mention this plan to the Sisters - they all know me. My name is John McHale.
So let's see what happens in June.

all the best
your brother
john

[SevenSwans]

John,

Thank you very much for your kind offer! I will do as you suggest and write to you closer to the time of my trip!

Peace,

Lita

[quote name='genesisweavers' timestamp='1288342949' post='2183416']
Peace to you Lita - You will love being with the Bethlehem Sisters. I go there frequently and I always can't wait to get back. It's like heaven (at least to me). I am also a lay associate of the monastery. I was thinking that if you contact me about a month before your arrival there I may be able to pick you up in Livingston Manor. I can't promise this at this point but if I can arrange a visit to the monastery that coincides with your stay I will do that. Believe me it's no sacrifice I would be there all the time if I could. I don't live close to the monastery but as I said I am a frequent visitor. For your own safety and peace of mind mention this plan to the Sisters - they all know me. My name is John McHale.
So let's see what happens in June.

all the best
your brother
john
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[EJames2]

RECEPTION of THE HOLY HABIT, Video,,,Sisters of BETHLEHEM and THE ASSUMPTION 2010
In France-, (but one of the Sister is Austrian/German hence the translation for her family/friends and,.. her)
[url="http://fr.gloria.tv/?media=65923"]http://fr.gloria.tv/?media=65923[/url]
joyful bunch..
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[url="http://fr.gloria.tv/?media=22744"]http://fr.gloria.tv/?media=22744[/url]
-
Monk-Brothers, of the Monastic family of Bethlehem and the Assumption./
http://www.tagtele.com/videos/voir/25746/1/
Moniales Sisters of Bethlehem and The Assumption
[url="http://gloria.tv/?media=43996"]http://gloria.tv/?media=43996[/url]
(addresses/info at end of each video)
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[url="http://fr.gloria.tv/?media=22753"]http://fr.gloria.tv/?media=22753[/url]
and the Fraternity with focus on Brothers
[url="http://fr.gloria.tv/?media=13632"]http://fr.gloria.tv/?media=13632[/url]
or
[url="http://www.tagtele.com/videos/voir/25746/1/"]http://www.tagtele.c...s/voir/25746/1/[/url]
and
[url="http://www.tagtele.com/videos/voir/28786/1/"]http://www.tagtele.c...s/voir/28786/1/[/url]

Edited November 13, 2010 by EJames2

[Ale]

I think their official website is this one:

[url="http://www.bethleem.org/"]Famille monastique de Bethleem [/url]

[Orans]

[quote name='Ale' timestamp='1301859051' post='2225679']
I think their official website is this one:

[url="http://www.bethleem.org/"]Famille monastique de Bethleem [/url]
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This website is amazing. Many thanks for the link.

[emmaberry]

Hello,

I am fairly new to Phatmass. I have this thread bookmarked and pull it up often for info on the Monastic Sisters of Bethlehem in Livingston, NY. I feel I might have a vocation to this order and have contacted the sisters. I plan to stay at their monastery for 8 days, and if that goes well, then to go on the discernment month at the house in France. Does anybody have any advice for me as I talk with the sisters and prepare to visit the monastery? THis is my first official 'vocation stay' at a religious house, so I am nervous!

Thank you.

[TheresaThoma]

Emma
My best advice is to just be yourself. It sounds kind of obvious but sometimes it can be difficult as we really want to fit in with a community. Also relax, and be open to the experience!

[Chiquitunga]

[quote name='emmaberry' timestamp='1330369660' post='2393667']
Hello,

I am fairly new to Phatmass. I have this thread bookmarked and pull it up often for info on the Monastic Sisters of Bethlehem in Livingston, NY. I feel I might have a vocation to this order and have contacted the sisters. I plan to stay at their monastery for 8 days, and if that goes well, then to go on the discernment month at the house in France. Does anybody have any advice for me as I talk with the sisters and prepare to visit the monastery? THis is my first official 'vocation stay' at a religious house, so I am nervous!

Thank you.
[/quote]

Hi Emma!! Sorry, I meant to reply here earlier. You're probably leaving pretty soon. Have a wonderful retreat there, and seriously if you can afford the plane ticket to France, [i]definitely go to the Evangelical Month!!![/i] Oh my goodness, I cannot tell you how beautiful it is ... It is really a once in a lifetime opportunity .. and even if after your retreat in Livingston Manor you don't feel they are it, I would still recommend going. That is how I felt, but they still encouraged me to go. Oh my goodness, it was the best month in my life! Just wow .. that's all I can saw.

Okay, ttyl! And feel free to PM me. God bless!

[maximillion]

French nuns rock!!!

[AnnL]

Hi All, I am new to online communications....so please bear with me! Thanks.
I spent 3 1/2 years with the Sisters back some years ago! Still miss them deeply. Searching for links with fellow minded people / kindred spirits... Am I in the right place to ask this? AnnL

[Gabriela]

Hi All, I am new to online communications....so please bear with me! Thanks.
I spent 3 1/2 years with the Sisters back some years ago! Still miss them deeply. Searching for links with fellow minded people / kindred spirits... Am I in the right place to ask this? AnnL

 

Welcome, AnnL! You certainly are! This thread is ancient, but oh boy, are you the person I've been looking for! Can you tell me about the sisters' way of life? How similar are they to the Carthusians? Please tell all!