Anyone know this order?

[Sister_Rose]

I would like to hear about that…I might order the DVD for my daughter so she can watch it and maybe it would “fill in the blanks” a bit.
My question is how, with money so tight everywhere, they pay for the education, but they were such a vibriant order and I liked that they admired thinking and growing, for God and the people around them. Some are drawn to contemplative orders which is also wonderful, but for others drawn to more active orders, it seemed like a place to check out.
I know years ago, they didnt’ want nuns to be educated, they thought it would make them too worldly, but I think you can do both, priests/brothers do and so can sisters.

Their Sisters work in many different places. I would imagine that for a sister the money that a lay person would receive for that particular job, that money would go to the community for its support. They have Sisters who are doctors and professors etc, which could bring in a fair bit. I would imagine that is the main way they would pay for their education.
But the times are a lot different since Vatican II. Now Catholic sisters are one to the most educated populations in the country. Many sisters have higher level degrees and I would say most have a bachelors.
There are funds for those looking to enter religious life. I can’t think of their names right now. However they would probably not be on a diocesan level. Although the diocesan vocation directors are their to promote all vocations, their main focus is on the diocesan priesthood, in their own particular diocese.
Some religious communities do make provisions for educational debt. They would have to pay to send them to school anyways. Many religious communities would be happy to have a young woman join who had her education already.
God bless.

 

[anode]

There aren’t any foundations which give money *up front *for college before someone enters an order. that is too risky. There are two foundations which give grants to relieve educational debt for one who is already accepted and planning to enter, and even then I think that it is on a graduated scale related to how long the individual stays in. There are too many ways to try to trick would-be donors into giving money to relieve debt for candidate, and later the candidate walking away. I suppose that this could still be done.

There is the Mater Ecclesiae Fund,

www.fundforvocations.org

and the Laboure Foundation,

www.labourefoundation.org.

For those contemplating college there are Pell Grants, as Lillabet is on, and a variety of scholarships, grants and loans, which one can learn about in high school or at the local library. There is also the local community college and state institutions of higher learning, which are much cheaper than private schools, including Catholic colleges, which may be less expensive than the Ivies, but also have a lot less endowment for scholarships.

If you read the threads on educational debt, you’ll find a number of posters who decided to pay for private Catholic colleges instead of the local state school, and now are up to their ears in debt, but still want to enter religious life. Unfortunately, most of the orders can’t afford to pay for their candidate’s debt.

it is for your daughter to decide where her interest lies and to contact the appropriate orders, schools and foundations.