10 Episcopal nuns in Archdiocese of Baltimore to join Catholic Church

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10 Episcopal nuns in Archdiocese of Baltimore to join Catholic Church

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After seven years of prayer and discernment, a community of Episcopal nuns and their chaplain will be received into the Roman Catholic Church during a Sept. 3 Mass celebrated by Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien.

The archbishop will welcome 10 sisters from the Society of All Saints’ Sisters of the Poor when he administers the sacrament of confirmation and the sisters renew their vows of poverty, chastity and obedience in the chapel of their Catonsville convent.

Episcopal Father Warren Tanghe will also be received into the church and is discerning the possibility of becoming a Catholic priest.

Mother Christina Christie, superior of the religious community, said the sisters are “very excited” about joining the Catholic Church and have been closely studying the church’s teachings for years. Two Episcopal nuns who have decided not to become Catholic will continue to live and minister alongside their soon-to-be Catholic sisters. Members of the community range in age from 59 to 94.

“For us, this is a journey of confirmation,” Mother Christina said. “We felt God was leading us in this direction for a long time.”

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Lovely story. Nice that they will all be staying together. As wonderful as it is for the nuns joining the Church, I’m sure it is difficult for the remaining two and for their followers.

May they all find joy and peace in their continued service to God through Jesus Christ.

Blessings to all.
 
aicirt said:
Lovely story. Nice that they will all be staying together. As wonderful as it is for the nuns joining the Church, I’m sure it is difficult for the remaining two and for their followers.

May they all find joy and peace in their continued service to God through Jesus Christ.

Blessings to all.
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I agree and will remember them all in my prayers.

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:clapping::clapping::extrahappy: **Welcome aboard Sisters! Praise to Our Lord and Mother Mary for bringing you HOME to the Catholic Church! You will be a WELCOME addition to our Community and I :byzsoc: that God will Bless you and INCREASE your property as you continue to do HIS work here on Earth AMEN! **

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anode said:
Old news. Old nuns. The entire branch consists of 12 sisters.
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Yep, but I read in the Catholic Review that they’re having a special Mass on Sept. 3rd. If I didn’t have a doctor’s appointment that day, I would attend. 🙂 I did read that two nuns aren’t becoming Catholic, but will still remain with the order. I’ll have to put that place down as a possible retreat location.

When the news first broke back in the Spring, I went to their website and they had just cancelled summer retreats or such, and were doing renovations (updating the convent for September, I suppose).
 
anode said:
Old news. Old nuns. The entire branch consists of 12 sisters.
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Compared to eternity, I think they are quite young. It does not matter how old someone is. When a person enters His church, all the Angles and Saints burst out in songs of praise.

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I’m sorry anode didn’t find this news thrilling, but as one with a personal connection to these nuns, I have been praying for them and looking forward to this for a long time. I began going to their convent and retreat house as a liberal Episcopalian teenager and continued to visit as a discerning Orthodox Christian, an “Anglo-Catholic”, and a confirmed Catholic. If it weren’t for them, I don’t know where I would have learned to value silence, praying the divine office, being reverent in Church, how to listen to God’s voice in my life, virtue and charity, etc.etc.etc. I’m so glad that the only place around here that I would go on retreat is now going to offer the valid sacraments as well. The reverence of the liturgy at All Saints, the beauty of the property, and the really traditional habits…ahhhhh. The Archdiocese of Baltimore is acquiring a real treasure, not just “old nuns”. Hopefully the Episcopalian “followers” will continue their connection just as I have after having converted to Catholicism. I’m sure they will be welcomed, accomodated, and enriched by spending time with the sisters just as I have.
 
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I’m sorry anode didn’t find this news thrilling, but as one with a personal connection to these nuns, I have been praying for them and looking forward to this for a long time. I began going to their convent and retreat house as a liberal Episcopalian teenager and continued to visit as a discerning Orthodox Christian, an “Anglo-Catholic”, and a confirmed Catholic. If it weren’t for them, I don’t know where I would have learned to value silence, praying the divine office, being reverent in Church, how to listen to God’s voice in my life, virtue and charity, etc.etc.etc. I’m so glad that the only place around here that I would go on retreat is now going to offer the valid sacraments as well. The reverence of the liturgy at All Saints, the beauty of the property, and the really traditional habits…ahhhhh. The Archdiocese of Baltimore is acquiring a real treasure, not just “old nuns”. Hopefully the Episcopalian “followers” will continue their connection just as I have after having converted to Catholicism. I’m sure they will be welcomed, accomodated, and enriched by spending time with the sisters just as I have.
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I think we should petition EWTN to get their Mother Superior on Journey Home.
 
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