Catholic monks and nuns move in together

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Hmm… I don’t know about this. Wouldn’t this increase the temptation for those who go there since they live in such proximity? I know all people who wants to be nuns or monks are there to serve God… I can see a benefit and also a danger with this experiment.

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The US beat Rome to the punch on this front with the founding of the Intercessors of the Lamb in Omaha Nebraska bellwetheromaha.org/

I personally see no problem with mixed gender convents and monasteries, as long as the monks and nuns have seperate rooms. And full habits would also provide a higher degree of assurance for fidelity to one’s vows as well.😉

And of course traditionalists, particularily of the SSPX and more radical variety would never approve of this development.:nope:
 
Interesting article. I think time will tell. The Monks of New Skete, in Cambridge NY, also have nuns living there. They used to be Eastern Catholic but switched to Orthodox at one point. They are famous for raising and training German Shepherds.

Communities of New Skete
 
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Catholic29:
The US beat Rome to the punch on this front with the founding of the Intercessors of the Lamb in Omaha Nebraska bellwetheromaha.org/

I personally see no problem with mixed gender convents and monasteries, as long as the monks and nuns have seperate rooms. And full habits would also provide a higher degree of assurance for fidelity to one’s vows as well.😉

And of course traditionalists, particularily of the SSPX and more radical variety would never approve of this development.:nope:
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The US beat Rome to the punch long before this, as the community that rec. me into the Church is mixed, a Carmelite community of hermits (monks and nuns live in seperate hermitages). I think John Michael Talbot’s community in Arkansas has also been mixed from the beginning, but I might be wrong about that one.

It was common in Celtic communities in Ireland in the first centuries of the Church in that land…but then that’s me appealing to anitquarianism.:rolleyes: Mea culpa.
 
This is not a good idea,how could this be an answer to the vocation crisis?
We are all human and a vocation does not take away our human sexuality.
By the way it is a crisis of faith. Not a vocation crisis, where have the vocations came from since the founding of the church?
They came from the family, look around next time you go to mass how many large familys do you see? not to say all vocations come from large families but they do come from prayful obedient families and we are contracepting our vocations it is that simple.
matt 🙂
 
The difficulty of homsexuals living in close proximity is one of several reasons for the new Vatican instruction on seminarians; this situation would present the same danger, assuming that the monks and nuns in question are heterosexual. It may “attract” more vocations initially --people who do not want to be cut off from contact with the opposite sex. But at the least, the likelihood of illicit relationships, broken vows, and eventual departures from the order increases.
 
But priests, monks, and nuns live in close proximity to each other anyway, unless they observe a strict enclosure. Priests have secretaries, lay women in their parishes, etc.

***Anything ***could be a potential problem in any given situation, I mean, we don’t have to look hard at all for near occasions of sin.
Some people have left the community I’m aquainted with, but it turns out that it was over an abuse of power by the former abbot (who everyone at one point thought was a living saint, so it just goes to show…).
 
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Catholic29:
And of course traditionalists, particularily of the SSPX and more radical variety would never approve of this development.:nope:
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I’m not a traditionalist but this is a bad idea.

Single men and women under the same roof and with each other most of the day is not good.

" Men and women together create ‘powerful positive energy’, he said."

Yes. That is the problem. When you take a vow to serve God, the energy is supposed to come from the relationship with Christ and then work it’s way outward, not vice-versa.

How would this “benefit” the dip in vocations or “attract” more to religous life except to attract with false premises or notions? Giving your life to Christ implies sacrifice - a sacrifice that is well worth it considering the eternal rewards of heaven.

Will water parks be next?
 
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Brad:
I’m not a traditionalist but this is a bad idea.

Single men and women under the same roof and with each other most of the day is not good.
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Try telling that to them littleportion.org/About_Us/about_us.html

And them bellwetheromaha.org/Hermits/hermitsindex.htm

Not sure if its just me, but both communities appear much more focused on their charism and serving God than on each other.

After all, don’t brothers and sisters of the same family often live under the same roof with one another?
 
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JKirkLVNV:
the community that rec. me into the Church is mixed, a Carmelite community of hermits (monks and nuns live in seperate hermitages).
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JKirk! That wouldn’t have been at Nada or Nova Nada would it??

I’ve been there!
VC
 
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JKirk! That wouldn’t have been at Nada or Nova Nada would it??

I’ve been there!
VC
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NADA!!! They had to sell Nova Nada.

They’ve had some sad news over the abbot, over the last few years.
 
Jkirk,

Thanks for the reply, since I don’t want to take this thread off topic, can we continue this topic via private messaging? (I am going to clear out my PM box to make some room:thumbsup: )

VC
 
I should clarify, I don’t think dorms are a good idea. Seperate hermitages, yes. I guess dorms would be okay if they were located well away from each other.
 
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Catholic29:
Try telling that to them littleportion.org/About_Us/about_us.html

And them bellwetheromaha.org/Hermits/hermitsindex.htm

Not sure if its just me, but both communities appear much more focused on their charism and serving God than on each other.

After all, don’t brothers and sisters of the same family often live under the same roof with one another?
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“We are called to embrace gospel chastity in contrast to rampant sexual promiscuity. We are called to embrace gospel obedience with the Church and this community of the Church in contrast to rampant individualism”

How does living together help these goals?

They are not brother and sister biologically. But they are human beings. That is the problem.

It’s not a matter of being “much more focused”. It is a matter of not getting too focused on a significant other.
 
Jack Chick use to have one of his little " comic " books on this very thing 🙂
 
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