Non-cloistered Contemplative Orders?

[Domine ut Videam]

The Sisters of St. John aren't cloistered they have interaction with the people who come to the Brothers monastery and their convent, but they don't go out and minister, they spend most of the day in prayer and attending the Brother's classes learning. When their are big events going on they participate as well. But yes, they are not cloistered, i.e. they can hug people, give spiritual direction, go on bikerides, hikes at Jubilee State Park, garden, all those good things....

[hoosieranna]

Here are the first four that come to my mind:
Servants of the Blessed Sacrament (http://www.blesacrament.org/)
Handmaids of the Precious Blood (http://www.ichrusa.com/saintsalive/precious/)
Little Sisters of St. Francis (http://www.littlesistersofstfrancis.org/index.php)
Children of Mary
(childrenofmary.net)

Most of the Benedictine nuns in the US observe constitutional enclosure, but I won't claim that they all do. There are also many, many active communities that wear a habit and pray at least three of the hours. As for vows of enclosure, the only ones that I definitely know take them are the Poor Clares and the Passionists. Again, I won't claim to be totally sure about other orders.

[Chiquitunga]

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Aren't they cloistered?...

Aren't the sisters of St. John non-cloistered contemplatives?
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The Contemplative branch of the Missionaries of Charity aren't cloistered. I'm not sure how often, but they will go out to visit people and do things like pray with shut ins :j . (If I were a shut in I would love a visit from them to pray with :j )

The Contemplative Sisters of St. John are a great example of a non-cloistered ( or semi-cloistered) wholly contemplative community. Every two years or so, they are reassigned to a different house of their community. One I knew in Peoria recently was sent to one of their houses in France.

[daugher-of-Mary]

Sister Servants of the Eternal Word in AL.

[hoosieranna]

bump. This was getting interesting.

[philosophette]

Regarding the Handmaids of the Precious Blood:

I live about 5 mins away from one of their priories. They take a vow of enclosure. They have extern sisters, but they try to avoid going out as much as possible. They are also very traditional in their monasticism - all letters in and out are read, visitors are limited, night adoration... The Priory in Lake Villa, IL does not have a grille or anything, but I do not know about the Motherhouse in Jemez Springs, NM. I do not think that it does.

I would not consider them semi-contemplative. Their order used to be active/contemplative, but after Vatican II they became enclosed.

Their main work is praying and sacrificing for priests.

I believe that Mother John Paul is still the superior. They also have a house in Cana, Italy.

[hoosieranna]

I did not know that. What little information I could find came from various websites about them. Thanks for the info.