Benedictines, Oulton Abbey, England

[Digitaldame]

[quote name='Stacey' post='1593506' date='Jul 7 2008, 11:55 AM']I'm sorry Sister, no offense meant, Puella is right, I was told that by someone who had been at Stanbrook and seemed very knowledgable about it, she is the only reason that I know of your existence at all, pax sr marie therese.[/quote]


No offence given or taken! I'd just hate anyone to think Stanbrook is "less strict" or whatever.

[jkaands]

[quote name='Digitaldame' post='1593526' date='Jul 7 2008, 07:04 AM']Thank you for your prayers. We pray for everyone who uses the Phatmass site. We are canonically established and now open to accept vocations but there's a lot still to do. We are currently drawing up a FAQ for our web site and we'd like to make sure it deals with what people want to know — rather than what we assume others want to know — which is my main reason for keeping an eye on the phorum.[/quote]

Great! re the FAQ, that is--I think that this feature is always useful, especially when it includes what folks actually want to know, big and small.

As I was the first, if not the last, to make an error re your congregation, I am glad that

--it was corrected

and

--you're [i]here[/i], to keep us up on Things Benedictine and your congregation. There is no question that at this juncture, the web is the way to go!

[Studiumecclesiae]

I'm telling you, for I am a great friend of the [b]Oulton nuns[/b]:
the postulant is no longer there. and the community is having great difficulty now.

However, the playgroup has got a website now:
[url="http://oultonabbeyplaygroup.org/Welcome.html"]http://oultonabbeyplaygroup.org/Welcome.html[/url]

This community is rather traditional, they have a[i][b] Latin Mass[/b][/i] at 3pm once in a while (not every month yet) given by a local priest. Their priest is wonderful and says a very solemn Mass.

They pray the little hours like [i][b]Terce, Sext, None[/b][/i]... they are quite orthodox in their faith and very attached to the Holy See. They have [i][b]Lauds and Vespers in Latin[/b][/i] every day, sometimes on Feast day the whole thing is in Latin. They have good contact with Stanbrook, and Buckfast Abbey (monks)

But they really need prayer and support.

Here is a video I made to make them better known:
[url="http://en.gloria.tv/?media=85596"]http://en.gloria.tv/?media=85596[/url]

I'm going to spend some more time there, and I love going there.

[sistersintigo]

Has anyone else seen this news article?

[url="http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/news/Nun-74-fight-right-state-pension-Court-Appeal/article-2606465-detail/article.html"]"desperate to retire"[/url]

[Studiumecclesiae]

Thank you, I had never read it. Very interesting!

Here is the Oulton Nuns website:
[url="http://cloisters.tripod.com/uk_osb_oulton/"]http://cloisters.tri.../uk_osb_oulton/[/url]

I'm going back there next week.

I've got one other video with LATIN PSALMS to promote them and they marvellous liturgy:
[url="http://en.gloria.tv/?media=113729"]http://en.gloria.tv/?media=113729[/url]
Enjoy

Edited December 13, 2010 by Studiumecclesiae

[strgzr99]

[quote name='sistersintigo' timestamp='1290786857' post='2189377']
Has anyone else seen this news article?

[url="http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/news/Nun-74-fight-right-state-pension-Court-Appeal/article-2606465-detail/article.html"]"desperate to retire"[/url]
[/quote]


One could argue that she has paid for her pension with her [i]services[/i]to the people of the UK, if not her money, paid in taxes. She was not compensated, but her order was, and, I am sure, far below the going rates.

[Studiumecclesiae]

I know that these nuns are struggling. No vocations, and I know how generous they are. Really if they could have some people entering.

I am just realizing how tired the Mother Superior is. So striking!