MithLuin Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 I know that we have some people who post occasionally who are here for the discernment resources and community, but are not themselves Catholic. I suppose that since we tend to be very...blatantly Catholic...here, we might not always be so welcoming of others. Even just oblivious to the fact that there are Christians out there who are discerning religious vocations who are not themselves Catholic. So, I thought I'd make a small niche here in Vocation Station for people to share resources or stories with the understanding that this thread isn't really for the Catholics. Yes, I'm Catholic. So, I'll just observe . Or talk about Rich Mullins. Or something. A few groundrules: this is not a place for debate. If you want to discuss why precisely you are not Catholic, please do so in a different location. This is still Phatmass, and criticisms of the Catholic Church [i]will[/i] turn into a debate and get this thread locked/moved. Let's just avoid that, shall we? This is also not meant to be an evangelization tool. Pestering someone about why they are not Catholic or trying to get people to convert doesn't need to be happening on this thread. Please have those conversations privately or elsewhere if you feel they need to happen. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniteAdoremus Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 So this is not the place where I post the (for Catholics) highly amusing story of Sr. Julie OP's reaction to an inquiry about "Anglican Dominicans" I saw an Anglican Franciscan friar last week in Walsingham. Since Walsingham is the most beautiful shrine to Our Lady on this earth, interested Anglican guys might want to check them out And for the ladies: the [url="http://www.thesacredcross.org/main.htm"]Servants of the Sacred Cross[/url] accept Roman Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox vocations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinytherese Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 One of my college friends would like to become a minister and she's really supportive of me discerning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MithLuin Posted July 26, 2009 Author Share Posted July 26, 2009 The Taizé monastic community welcomes men from a variety of Christian backgrounds. [url="http://www.taize.fr/en_rubrique8.html"]Taizé[/url] is in France, near the ancient site of Cluny. They are best known for their music and young adult meetings. The [url="http://www.littleportion.org/"]Little Portion Hermitage[/url] begun by John Michael Talbot is also an ecumenical group, though certainly Catholic in foundation. They are located in Berryville, Arkansas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MithLuin Posted September 26, 2010 Author Share Posted September 26, 2010 [url=http://www.tssf.org/aspirant.shtml]The Third Order Society of St. Francis[/url] is a tertiary group for Episcopalians in the US - just thought I'd share that here as they're yet another variation on living a religious life. I had not heard of the [url=http://www.franciscans.com/]Order of Ecumenical Franciscans[/url] before, but I imagine they're open to all Christians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MithLuin Posted June 9, 2011 Author Share Posted June 9, 2011 [url=http://www.iona.org.uk/island_centres.php]Iona Community[/url] has an interesting take on the monastic tradition with a very ecumenical flavor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faithcecelia Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 [quote name='MithLuin' timestamp='1307654390' post='2251781'] [url="http://www.iona.org.uk/island_centres.php"]Iona Community[/url] has an interesting take on the monastic tradition with a very ecumenical flavor. [/quote] A friend spent a year here and is now training for the Anglican priesthood. She is one of a kind will be a fantastic priest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
To Jesus Through Mary Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 [quote name='MithLuin' timestamp='1248383507' post='1929743'] Yes, I'm Catholic. So, I'll just observe . Or talk about Rich Mullins. Or something. [/quote] too funny This thread got me! When I was about 16 I started emailing orders (I didn't become Catholic until I was 23!!)- I laugh now, because I can only imagine what the VDs were thinking. But ya know I bet they prayed for me, which is why I am here today!! But I had no idea there were ecumenical religious order... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juchu Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 maybe there are some more non-catholic discerners here? I am a lutheran and I am officilally in the last 1/2 year of my studies to be an ordained minister of the Lutheran Church. But - instead of going into the preparation of active ministry, I will enter a protestant contemprelative community of sisters at the beginning of next year. Religious life, celibate life, does exist in our tradition, but it is not very widespread. And since we also have a shortage of ministers, people do not really get why I choose the contemplative life instead of getting ordained fot my church. Maybe it is a little like as if a catholic seminarian decides not to get ordained as priest, but be a brother... But right now this is what feels right for me.... all is up to God. I like to lurk here on phatmass from time to time and read your stories and take you into my prayers. Religious life in my understanding is something ecumenic. In the total offering of ourselves to the will of God there is a unity among the people who do this, because we all yearn to give our life to Christ. And Christ is ONE. Maybe the renewal of monastic traditions in the protestant churches is a way - apart from all the dogmatic conflicts - to live in deep union with each other that transpasses the classical dogmatic conflicts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deusdedit Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 I'm Anglican and have been discerning religious life for over a year now. I've visited a number of communities in the UK [url="http://oscfreeland.wordpress.com/"]Community of St. Clare[/url] [url="http://www.mallingabbey.org/benedictinevocation.html"]The Benedictine nuns at West Malling Abbey[/url] [url="http://www.sistersofbethany.org.uk/"]The Sisters of Bethany[/url] [url="http://www.redacre.org.uk/"]The Sisters of Jesus Way[/url] [url="http://www.burnhamabbey.org/"]Burnham Abbey[/url] [url="http://www.churchinwales.org.uk/%7Etymawr/tymawr.html"]The Society of the Sacred Cross[/url] If there are any other Anglican discerners on here I'd be happy to talk and share experiences! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissylou Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Oooh, fascinating. Does your community-to-be have a website? I would be very interested to learn more about them. There are some Episcopalian (Anglican) nuns (active sisters -- I don't know if they technically distinguish between "nuns" and "sisters") in my neighborhood but they are moving out to the suburbs soon. Their current space is too big for them, and they have a mission house in Haiti which of course needs all the resources they can give it especially after the earthquake. So while they would eventually need to move out of their big convent, they *could* hang on to it for a while longer. But instead they're choosing to sell it now, keep a small mission house in the city for Sisters actively involved in urban ministry, build another main convent out in the 'burbs in some land they've owned forever and where they have a retreat house, and send as much of their resources to Haiti as they can. I entirely approve of these values. But we will miss them. [quote name='juchu' timestamp='1307824065' post='2252447'] maybe there are some more non-catholic discerners here? I am a lutheran and I am officilally in the last 1/2 year of my studies to be an ordained minister of the Lutheran Church. But - instead of going into the preparation of active ministry, I will enter a protestant contemprelative community of sisters at the beginning of next year. Religious life, celibate life, does exist in our tradition, but it is not very widespread. And since we also have a shortage of ministers, people do not really get why I choose the contemplative life instead of getting ordained fot my church. Maybe it is a little like as if a catholic seminarian decides not to get ordained as priest, but be a brother... But right now this is what feels right for me.... all is up to God. I like to lurk here on phatmass from time to time and read your stories and take you into my prayers. Religious life in my understanding is something ecumenic. In the total offering of ourselves to the will of God there is a unity among the people who do this, because we all yearn to give our life to Christ. And Christ is ONE. Maybe the renewal of monastic traditions in the protestant churches is a way - apart from all the dogmatic conflicts - to live in deep union with each other that transpasses the classical dogmatic conflicts. [/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissylou Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Also, some Catholic orders welcome all Christians as oblates or tertiaries or associates or whatever they call their lay affiliates. Having Kathleen Norris (who is Presbyterian) as an Oblate has worked out rather well for the Benedictines. [url="http://www.amazon.com/Cloister-Walk-Kathleen-Norris/dp/1573225843"]http://www.amazon.com/Cloister-Walk-Kathleen-Norris/dp/1573225843[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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