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[quote name='SisterAli' post='1284418' date='May 30 2007, 12:20 PM']I would encourage ya'll to check out this link with pictures...wow....I came across it on a blog.

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[url="http://www.photoshelter.com/package-show/P0000_Q5bGDyrCKY"]Nun Pictures[/url][/quote]
thnak-you,wonderful ,yes some of those have been linked on here in the Thread that pertained to that Community(Sisters of Bethlehem and The Assumption, and St Bruno)..anyone know where that huge thread went to? Margaret Clare?

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and we continue to speak a thousand words...

Sisters of St. John (Apostolic)
[img]http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/53569_siu6e/Apostolic%20Sistersof%20St%20John%20France.jpg[/img]
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Monastic Family of Jesus (Sisters)-well with a Brother in the corner!
[img]http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/53568_yszib/061112badie06a.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/53566_audot/061111vespro13.jpg[/img]
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Capuchin Poor Clare Sisters- at Gubbio (Near Assisi, where St. Francis tamed the wolf)
[img]http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/53585_urpeh/contemplativa02.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/53579_0pyg7/capuc%20assisi.jpg[/img][img]http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/53577_ftsfv/suore_gioco01.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/53574_bdumg/suore_preghiera03.jpg[/img][img]http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/53573_rudna/suore02.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/53572_crrgm/suore_studio01.jpg[/img][img]http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/53571_vk0km/suore_gioco02.jpg[/img]

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[quote name='EJames']thnak-you,wonderful ,yes some of those have been linked on here in the Thread that pertained to that Community(Sisters of Bethlehem and The Assumption, and St Bruno)..anyone know where that huge thread went to? Margaret Clare?[/quote]

[url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showtopic=56995"]Sisters of Bethlehem in Livingston Manor[/url] thread ^_^

[url="http://www.prolifesearch.com"]prolifesearch.com[/url] - Sisters of Bethlehem phatmass - best way to find lost threads :j

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[quote name='EJames' post='1285533' date='Jun 1 2007, 12:03 AM']and we continue to speak a thousand words...

Sisters of St. John (Apostolic)
[img]http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/53569_siu6e/Apostolic%20Sistersof%20St%20John%20France.jpg[/img][/quote]
I saw two of them tonight at our cathedral (diocesan feast day and celebration of our cardinal's 25th anniversary of ordination to the episcopacy).

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[quote name='Maria' post='1285699' date='May 31 2007, 10:36 PM']I saw two of them tonight at our cathedral (diocesan feast day and celebration of our cardinal's 25th anniversary of ordination to the episcopacy).[/quote]
Really? are you sure they weren't [b]Contemplative Sisters of St John[/b]?(white veil ,dark grey habit[img]http://www.stjean.com/france/france/images/photos_souvigny_04/veillee007.jpg[/img]
) i didn't think they had any Apostolic Sisters in Quebec.?
pax

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[quote name='HeavenlyCalling' post='1285757' date='Jun 1 2007, 07:32 AM']cool ,where are they located?[/quote]
if you mean the Sisters she saw at the Cathedral? that would have Been in Montreal, since the Contemplative Sisters of St John are located juts north of Montreal, Quebec.
The Apostolic, Sisters of St. John, as pictured in the earlier post are located in;
Belgium (at the Shrine of Banneux)
11 places in France
4 African Countries
and the Philippines..
they also are making regular visits to Orange, New Jersey, so you never know whats going to happen..
pax!!
[img]http://catholique-lepuy.cef.fr/actualites/reportages/report_i/stjean_03.jpg[/img][img]http://catholique-lepuy.cef.fr/actualites/reportages/report_i/stjean_05.jpg[/img][img]http://catholique-lepuy.cef.fr/actualites/reportages/report_i/stjean_06.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.stjean.com/france/france/images/la81.jpg[/img]

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[quote name='HeavenlyCalling' post='1283588' date='May 29 2007, 02:37 PM']Who are these sisters? The name of the community, I mean.[/quote]
Pax!
Well they are dressed exactly like the 'Marian Sisters of Israel and St. John', in the Dioceses of Lyon, France, but its odd they are out and about, since i knew them to be very penitential, and practically hermit like....the Bishop and primate of France suppressed them 3 years ago? the Foundress was a bit, lets say, off her rocker..but.. perhaps a little group has prevailed ,regathered and straightened things out?

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[quote name='EJames']Pax!
Well they are dressed exactly like the 'Marian Sisters of Israel and St. John', in the Dioceses of Lyon, France, but its odd they are out and about, since i knew them to be very penitential, and practically hermit like....the Bishop and primate of France suppressed them 3 years ago? the Foundress was a bit, lets say, off her rocker..but.. perhaps a little group has prevailed ,regathered and straightened things out?[/quote]

Yeah, I've heard of this community too and how they were suppressed, because of the problems with the Mother foundress. Their habits were just like the Apostolic Srs of St. John, except blue. Maybe they were out for a special occasion/pilgrimage to Lourdes. Probably this picture of the sisters is an old one. I can't find the article online where I read about them, but I remember it said at the end that several other orders were ready to receive the sisters from this suppressed community, so that's good.

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[quote name='HeavenlyCalling' post='1285757' date='Jun 1 2007, 10:32 AM']cool ,where are they located?[/quote]
I think they said there were in[url="http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?searchtype=address&country=US&addtohistory=&searchtab=home&formtype=address&popflag=0&latitude=&longitude=&name=&phone=&level=&cat=&address=&city=st+jerome&state=QC&zipcode="] St. Jerome[/url]. If you click on the link, you'll see that it's northwest of Montreal.

[quote name='EJames' post='1285775' date='Jun 1 2007, 11:42 AM']Really? are you sure they weren't [b]Contemplative Sisters of St John[/b]?(white veil ,dark grey habit
) i didn't think they had any Apostolic Sisters in Quebec.?
pax[/quote]

[quote name='EJames' post='1285794' date='Jun 1 2007, 12:03 PM']if you mean the Sisters she saw at the Cathedral? that would have Been in Montreal, since the Contemplative Sisters of St John are located juts north of Montreal, Quebec.
The Apostolic, Sisters of St. John, as pictured in the earlier post are located in;
Belgium (at the Shrine of Banneux)
11 places in France
4 African Countries
and the Philippines..
they also are making regular visits to Orange, New Jersey, so you never know whats going to happen..
pax!![/quote]

I remember them saying something about being sœurs de St. Jean. I remember them saying they were in St. Jerome , that their order was a new one, that their founder was a Dominican, and that they had been in St. Jerome for (about 10 yrs, can't remember the exact number they gave). Their habits were pale grey and they wore white wimples. In fact, they looked like the sisters in this pictures:
[img]http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/53569_siu6e/Apostolic%20Sistersof%20St%20John%20France.jpg[/img]
and not like the ones in this picture
[img]http://www.stjean.com/france/france/images/photos_souvigny_04/veillee007.jpg[/img]

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However, thanks to the French wikipedia and this line in it: "Les sœurs contemplatives portent en plus un voile blanc et les sœurs apostoliques un voile gris", I can agree that they were the contemplative sisters. When I read that line I remembered noticing their white veils because they're sewn in back. Um, that wasn't a good description... let's see... to help the veil sit properly, there's a vertical seam down the part of the veil that doesn't sit on top of the head, that runs down the back of the head and neck. It's a little like the seams that are sewn to tailor a bust. It probably helps keep the veil neatly on her back as opposed to floating around everywhere, and on her head because it now has some of the advantages of a hood. The middle picture here can give you some idea.
[img]http://www.stjean.com/imgs/cadre_haut.jpg[/img]

I found their contact info, and it is St. Jerome that they're in!
524, rue de l’Epée, Saint-Jérôme, Québec, J7Y-3V7. Tél. : 001450-569-0620. Fax : 001450-569-0935.. Tél. : 001450-569-0620. Fax : 001450-569-0935.

But they still don't look like these sisters [img]http://www.stjean.com/france/france/images/photos_souvigny_04/veillee007.jpg[/img]

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Sr Mary Catharine OP

The apostolic sisters are in the midst of starting a foundation in S. Orange, NJ. This from the priest who is the liason helping them get established so I think the source can be trusted! :-)

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But they still don't look like these sisters [img]http://www.stjean.com/france/france/images/photos_souvigny_04/veillee007.jpg[/img]
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Yes in St Jerome they are Contemplative Sisters of St John, i didnt choose the best Pictures for them as this one is made up of 80% Novices, hence no whipple, youll notice one or 2 Sisters on the background with full veil, fully professed..also, even the Contemplative Sisters in hot countries and hot weather, as the Brothers, wear a thinner light-grey habit.
SO to sum up simply..
=Apostolic Srs of St. John, grey veil (whipple for professed)
=Contemplative Sisters of St. John, white veil(whipple for professed)
pax!!!

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[quote name='Margaret Clare' post='1285881' date='Jun 1 2007, 11:11 AM']Yeah, I've heard of this community too and how they were suppressed, because of the problems with the Mother foundress. Their habits were just like the Apostolic Srs of St. John, except blue. Maybe they were out for a special occasion/pilgrimage to Lourdes. Probably this picture of the sisters is an old one. I can't find the article online where I read about them, but I remember it said at the end that several other orders were ready to receive the sisters from this suppressed community, so that's good.[/quote]
actually that photo is from a Diocesan Pilgrimage last year at Lourdes...so, hence the confusion...an American friend of mine,. who was a Sister of them ,who transfered from the Bethlehem Nuns Community in Livingston manor,(for a more austere!! life and to be closer to teachings of FR Phillipe)..i have not heard from her for a long time..so...anything is possible.

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Sisters of St John (contemplative-professed)
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